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Title Big sky mind : Buddhism and the beat generation / Carole Tonkinson, ed. ; introduction by Stephen Prothero
Edition Riverhead edition
Published New York : Riverhead Books, 1995

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Description x, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction / Stephen Prothero -- Pt. 1. The Beats. Jack Kerouac. Allen Ginsberg. Diane di Prima. Harold Norse -- Pt. 2. The San Francisco Poets. Gary Snyder. Philip Whalen. Joanne Kyger. Albert Saijo. Lew Welch. Lenore Kandel. Will Petersen. Bob Kaufman -- Pt. 3. Echoes. William Burroughs. Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Michael McClure -- Pt. 4. Like Minds. Kenneth Rexroth. Anne Waldman -- CODA: Jack Kerouac's Dream
Notes "A Tricycle book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375)
Subject American literature -- Asian influences.
American literature -- 20th century.
American literature -- Oriental influences
Beats (Persons) -- Literary collections.
Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism -- Literary collections.
Genre/Form Literature.
Author Tonkinson, Carole.
LC no. 95004014
ISBN 1573225010 (acid-free paper)