{"product_id":"snyder-gary-a-curse-on-the-men-in-washington-pentagon-om-a-ka-ca-ta-pa-ya-sa-svaha","title":"SNYDER, Gary. A Curse on the men in Washington, Pentagon. Om a ka ca ta pa ya sa svāhā.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eCursing the Men in Washington\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSNYDER, Gary.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Curse on the men in Washington, Pentagon. Om a ka ca ta pa ya sa svāhā. [\u003ci\u003eSanta Barbara: Unicorn Press\u003c\/i\u003e.] 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetterpress broadside (400 x 305 mm). Small pale dampstain to third stanza, else very well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first of the Unicorn Broadsheet series (1968–70), Gary Snyder’s powerful anti-war poem criticising American foreign policy concerning the Vietnam War in particular.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe opening Sanskrit mantra, from the Buddhist \u003ci\u003eHevajra Tantra\u003c\/i\u003e, is intended to cause a cities to tremble, and the final line, ‘Hi’niswa’ vita’ki’ni’ (’we shall live again’), is from the chorus of a Cheyenne Ghost Dance song, performed from the mid-nineteenth century to oppose American westward expansion, usher in peace, and communicate with the spirits of the dead. Here, the San Francisco-born poet, environmentalist, and essayist (b. 1930) Gary Snyder combines both Buddhist and Native American influences to condemn ‘the white man, | the “American” | in me | And dance out the Ghost dance: | To bring \u003ci\u003eback\u003c\/i\u003e America, the grass and the streams’, and to imbue the next generation with love and connection with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Unicorn Press, established in Santa Barbara in 1966 by Teo Savory and Alan Brilliant in conjunction with Ken Maytag’s Unicorn Book Shop, printed several poetry postcards, broadsides, and books. This is the first of the press’s series of broadsides, which also included Rexroth’s ‘All Year Long’, Bly’s ‘In a Boat on Big Stone Lake’, and Tate’s ‘The Torches’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2124096\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57347038511481,"sku":"2124096","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2124096.jpg?v=1780042554","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/snyder-gary-a-curse-on-the-men-in-washington-pentagon-om-a-ka-ca-ta-pa-ya-sa-svaha","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}