Category: Steven Gray

“Before Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.After Enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.” – old Buddhist proverb City Lights was so packed that people could barely get in the door. Fortunately we had seats, having arrived early. Gary Snyder was led into the room by a young intern. A few minutes later he was talking to us like Read More

When Time referred to Kenneth Rexroth as the “Father of the Beats,’ he said, “An entomologist is not a bug.” That seems a bit off, though, as he had an enormous influence on Beat writers in San Francisco. If anything, he was facilitating the evolution of hybrid poets according to his own multi-faceted interests: East Asia. Erotica. Classical and Read More