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Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry

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"Beneath a Single Moon is an extraordinary collection of the work of forty-five contemporary American poets—with over 250 poems and thirty essays on the influence of spiritual practice on the practice of poetry. Included are works by John Cage, Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg, Jane Hirshfield, Andrew Schelling, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, and others."

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Genres: Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 811.509382 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry 20th Century
LCC: PS310 .B83 .B46 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Poetry
BISAC: POE POETRY Anthologies (multiple authors)
REL RELIGION Buddhism General

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Published: 1991
Genres: Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 811.509382
LCC: PS310 .B83 .B46

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