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Joyfully eccentric Beat poet Nanao Sakaki would be 100 years old this year, and his idealism lives on in the Nanao Global celebration, with new editions in French and Portuguese and a slim new volume published by booksellers called Hi Nanao. ....
At 92, the poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder has lived an extraordinary life from birthing the Beat Generation with fellow writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg to winning the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Turtle Island," which has been described as a “poet’s love lyrics to planet Earth,” and even inspiring the release of the Pentagon Papers. With two new major anthologies out, this former UC Davis professor is proving that he still has a lot to teach us all. ....
During a career that began in 1965 as a California bookseller, Shoemaker founded North Point Press and Counterpoint Press, publishing such authors as Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, MFK Fisher, Guy Davenport, James Salter, Barry Lopez, Anne Lamott, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Robert Hass, and Banana Yoshimoto. ....
Two writers, one a doyen of etiquette, the other a grand mistress of gastronomy, bring a cosmopolitan elegance to the page, and are in a class all their own. ....
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