Publication
San Francisco : North Point Press, 1990.
Call number
Poetry / Snyde
ISBN
0865474567 / 9780865474567
Original publication date
1959 (Riprap)
1958 (Cold Mountain Poems)
1969 (Combined edition)
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Han Shan
Physical description
67 p.; 21 cm
Description
Riprap: a cobble of stone laid on steep, slick rock to make a trail for horses in the mountains. Forty-five years ago, Snyder's first book of poems, "Riprap," was published by Origin Press in a beautiful paperbound edition stitched Japanese-style.
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LibraryThing member wendellg
it was a pleasure to reread these poems in 2005, Synder's work is a perennial inspiration...
LibraryThing member astherest
This is two chapbooks in one. Riprap, originally published by Origin Press in 1959, are Snyder's own poems. The Cold Mountain section are Snyder's translations of some of the poems of the Tang Chinese poet Han-shan. I liked the Cold Mountain section better than the first. I found Han-shan's poetry
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more immediate and simpler. Which is not to say there is anything wrong with Snyder's own poetry. I went on from this book to read other Snyder. Show Less
LibraryThing member kcshankd
I have the edition that includes the DVD of Snyder reading then and now. I especially appreciated the new note appended to For a Far-Out Friend.