Group Reading Featuring Gary Snyder
Taking his recent Ruth Lilly Prize not as an honor for his poetry alone but, rather, as a sign of his responsibility to the poetry community, Gary Snyder has arranged a series of Friday-night readings at the Firewatch Cafe. He believes that, by headlining a group of otherwise unknown poets, he can bring attention to work that too often goes unrecognized. This week’s reading will include women whose nature poems have been dismissed as wishywashy, non-intellectual, or otherwise too feminine.
No word yet on whether the Firewatch Cafe is in New York, Northern California, or the Great Pacific Northwest.