ISBN: 9780938077923
Trade Pbk, 272 pages
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What Book!?
Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop
Gary Gach
Edited by Gary Gach; Foreword by Peter Coyote
$15.00
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With poems from spiritual teachers to jazz musicians, from the monastery to the street, What Book!? brings together a broad range of verse, expressions of living in an awakened way.
A poet once located poetry as somewhere before or after words take place. Mindfulness is the practice of finding that realm, dwelling there, and cultivating the ability to live completely in the present, deeply aware and appreciative of life.” from the author’s Preface
This enigmatically titled anthology offers numerous delights and valuable evidence that great poetic variety, from haiku and witty two liners to page-long discourses, has by now given distinct expression to Western Buddhism. – Publisher’s Weekly
Gary Gach
Gary Gach hopes to write a couple really great haiku. Meanwhile, he’s published nine books, including an anthology, What Book!? – Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (American Book Award); The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism (Nautilus Book Award); and, most recently, PAUSE BREATHE SMILE – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough. He hosts a free weekly Zen mindfulness group in San Francisco, at Aquatic Park, where he also swims in the Bay. From time to time, you can hear him read poetry on the Bob Thurman Podcast.
