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Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation

by · 1995

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Essays, poems, photographs, and letters explore the link between Buddhism and the Beats—with previously unpublished material from several beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Diane diPrima.

Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
BuddhismBuddhismMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thisspiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages
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