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  • Repeating EventGary Snyder: Trans-Pacific Buddhism, Ecology and Poetry

    Tue, Sep 25, 2012

    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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    Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links in the schedule of events below.

    Gary Snyder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet with a radical vision that integrates Zen Buddhism, American Indian practices and ecological thinking. He began his career as a noted member of the Beat Generation and was also a part of the San Francisco Renaissance. Join us for three events with Snyder exploring Buddhism and ecology. In an evening lecture and conversation, Snyder will discuss his experiences as a poet in the United States, his time as a Zen monk in Japan and the connections between his work and social and ecological issues in American society. On the second day of his visit, Snyder will engage with students in a poetry workshop and discuss Buddhism in a Japanese tea ceremony.

    Schedule of Events:

    Lecture and Conversation
    Monday, September 24, 7 p.m.
    Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall
    Doheny Memorial Library 240
    Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Tuesday, September 4, at 9 a.m.
    USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP, for the lecture and conversation, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=408
    General Public: To RSVP for the lecture and conversation, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=409

    Poetry Workshop
    Tuesday, September 25, 12:30 p.m.
    East Asian Library Seminar Room
    Doheny Memorial Library 110C
    Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Tuesday, September 4, at 9 a.m.
    USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP for the poetry workshop, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=363
    General Public: To RSVP for the poetry workshop, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=364

    Japanese Tea Ceremony
    Tuesday, September 25, 4 p.m.
    East Asian Library Seminar Room
    Doheny Memorial Library 110C
    Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, click on the links below beginning Tuesday, September 4, at 9 a.m.
    USC Students, Staff and Faculty: To RSVP for the tea ceremony, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserve.php?RSVPEvtCode=365
    General Public: To RSVP for the tea ceremony, click here http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/visionsandvoices/RSVP/reserveGeneral_Multi.php?RSVPEvtCode=366

    Organized by Duncan Williams (Religion and Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures) and Varun Soni (Religious Life).

    Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) -

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

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    Contact: Daria Yudacufski

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