Various (Plimpton, George (Editor); Cummins, James; Gilbert, Elizabeth; Lamb, Richard; Rocha, Randolfo; Shaughnessy, Brenda; Snyder, Gary; Weinberger, Eliot; Wright, Charles et al.)

The Paris Review Vol. 38 No. 141 (Winter 1996)

New York, NY: The Paris Review, Inc., 1996. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the venerable literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features a lengthy, most-enlightening interview with Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the great American poet-environmentalist who is a primary figure of the Beat Generation, San Francisco Renaissance-&-beyond, whose works are enshrined in the canonical Library of America & who is still with us as of this writing at the age of 94! Conducted by the noted American essayist Eliot Weinberger (b. 1949), this penetrating interview is preceded by a facsimile manuscript page from Snyder's epic poem "Mountains and Rivers Without End" (pg. 88), & is No. LXXIV in the Review's prestigious "The Art of Poetry" series of interviews. Also in this issue are contributions of fiction by authors including Elizabeth Gilbert; "A Portfolio of Ten New Poets" including Richard Lamb & Brenda Shaughnessy; poems by then-more established poets including James Cummins & Charles Wright; a portfolio of artworks by Randolpho Rocha; & more. With notes on contributors, contemporary ads. Trade-format softcover, complete with attached sheet of subscription cards. From the collection of Allen Tobias- author, scholar & all-around Man of Letters who was an assistant to Allen Ginsberg (a Snyder contemporary-colleague of course) beginning in the 1960s, & is our good friend & colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). See our many other important issues of The Paris Review. A most-rich & rewarding number in this outstanding, still-flourishing series, of particular significance to the Snyder devotee & with distinguished provenance. In relatively quite fine condition with only mild rubbing, faint scratching & a touch of browning to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same esp. spine-edges, corners with minor loss of surface paper; light rubbing, a few faint scratches & occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps, faint creases to corners of some page leaves. Fine. [Item #6401]

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