''Mountains and Rivers Without End'' is an
epic poem
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by
American
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poet
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and essayist
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate ...
. Snyder began writing the thirty-nine poems contained in the epic in 1956 and published the final version in 1996. The work is divided into four parts, each exploring a different theme.
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External links
''Mountains and Rivers Without End'' read by the author.
Smithsonian Institution
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, Washington, D.C.
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American poems
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