2: Poet GARY SNYDER. He was part of the beat poetry scene in San Francisco in the late 50's. He appears as a character in several of Jack Kerouac's books. Snyder has since won the Pulitzer Prize. He continues to teach and write. In 1990 he published two books: "Dimensions of a Life" (Sierra Club Books) a collection of his essays, and poetry in "Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems" (North Point Press). (REBROADCAST from 9/20/90). SNYDER's latest book is, "No Nature: New & Selected Poems," (Pantheon, 1992).
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