An excellent film called O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder was completed in April 2025, just in time for Gary's 95th birthday. The 100-minute film by Colin Still features extensive footage of Gary himself along with Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Peter Coyote, Jane Hirschfield, Carol Koda (his late wife), and Jack Shoemaker (his publisher).
It was freely viewable online for a week in early May. A number of people very much enjoyed it, but others were not able to see it during that period.
The same film will again be freely viewable for three days this week: Tuesday-Thursday, August 19-21. To view it you need to sign in at this link: https://email.loa.org/h/i/
Wikipedia article on Gary Snyder: -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Two related essays by Ken Knabb:
- Gary Snyder: "Buddhist Anarchism" -- https://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/
garysnyder.htm - Kenneth Rexroth: "Gary Snyder: Smokey the Bear Bodhisattva" -- https://www.bopsecrets.org/
rexroth/essays/snyder.htm
