Iain Sinclair visits Gary Snyder

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Sinclair loves ghosts. lots of 'em here in that Califor-ni-ay

'The poets who survived from the San Francisco renaissance of the late
1950s and early 1960s branded themselves, or were branded, becoming
identified with various philosophies or styles. Voluntary simplicity
was never an easy pitch. ‘There are books about that,’ Snyder said,
‘but many people looking for the simple life didn’t do it well. They
came out of the bourgeois background. They didn’t have the cultural
context with which to do it. But there are places that are flourishing
still. Like Southern Oregon. And parts of Northern California. Or
south of Eureka on the river basin. Not everybody knows about them.’

full text available here:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n10/iain-sinclair/the-man-in-the-clearing