Turtle Island
Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1975)
These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid, lyrical, and mystical to the political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of North America and the ways by which we might become true natives of the land for the first time.
Praise for Turtle Island
Snyder is on the side of the gods.
— Herbert Leibowitz - The New York Times
An accomplished technician who has learned from the poetry of several languages and who has developed a sure and flexible style capable of handling any material he wishes.
— Kenneth Rexroth
Gary Snyder is a rarity in the United States: an immensely popular poet whose work is taken seriously by other poets.
— Eliot Weinberger