Category Archives: Buddhism
Soul food: Jack Kerouac, Charles Johnson
October 17, 2012 Japhy – Gary Snyder – has no interest in the Buddhism of Chinatown, he likes only the real thing, the Zen taught in Japan. But Kerouac likes everything, especially after a feast of dim sum at Nam … Continue reading
Posted in African-American literature, Afro-Asian alliances, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Contemporary novel, Diaspora, Ethnicity, Food in literature, jazz, peripheral networks, Race, Religion, slavery, Twentieth century literature, World religions
Tagged Buddhism, Chinatown, Dharma Bums, Dr. King's Refrigerator, Dream, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Ma Rainey, Middle Passage, Oxherding Tale, Zen
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Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder
November 23, 2011 ‘The name is Joanne Kyger, yes, with a “y.” As in “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright.” She was with the Beats. And she knew some Japanese — she’d learned it when she went to Kyoto with her … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, epic, Japanese poetry, world literature
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Buddhism, epic, Gary Snyder, Homer, Japan, Joanne Kyger, Kyoto, Michael McClure, Peter Orlovsky, Ray Manzarek
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