Tag Archives: Joanne Kyger

Margaret Fuller, H.D., Joanne Kyger

Posted on December 7, 2011 by wcd2

December 7, 2011 Why is it that all of them reach back to ancient Greece, and not always out of any reverence for the classics? Of the three, Margaret Fuller is the most law-abiding: in Woman in the Nineteenth Century, … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient Greece, Classics, Egypt, epic, Gender, Global South, Translation, Uncategorized, world literature | Tagged Black Athena, Classics, Cyropedia, Egypt, Euripides, Global South, Greece, H.D., Helen in Egypt, Herodotus, Hesiod, Homer, Joanne Kyger, Margaret Fuller, Martin Bernal, Penelope, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Xenophon | 5 Comments

Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder

Posted on November 23, 2011 by wcd2

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 | 199 Comments