Haiku11 reviews Richard Wright Anchor, 2000 HAIKU IS MY 'SOUL FOOD' + Master of Images + An Unforgettable Book of Poetry + Great Haiku Poetry Book + Basho Basho             The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 1965 Excellent Introduction + Sublime + Probably the best translation for most purposes + vast..universes of spiritual truth             The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)12 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2006 Kerouac's best novel + It's Kerouac... + The Dharma Bums If you're new to Jack Kerouac, this might be the place to start. Many people's first introduction to Kerouac is On The Road. While I love On The Road, I've read pretty much all of Kerouac's novels, and I have to say that The Dharma Bums is my favorite. Indeed, I loved the book enough to write a ...             The Miracle of Mindfulness41 reviews Thich Nhat Hanh Beacon Press, 1999 Miracles! + Easy concepts + Highly recommend this helpful book + Mindfulness Meditation Made Easy + A wonderful book.....             The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)68 reviews Peter Matthiessen Penguin, 1987 a great travel log with a little zen + One of the classics of travelogue literature: The Snow Leopard + Interesting and Compelling Book Matthiessen is a talented writer who consistently manages to capture the essence of what he sees. He insists that he is a fiction writer, first and foremost, but the honesty and vibrance of his words in nonfiction are phenomenal. As an "travel log"-type book, this is one of the best. His ...             Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)74 reviews Allen Ginsberg City Lights Publishers, 2001 Great book, great price + Ginsberg the 'greatest'?.. hmmm + Seeking Jazz or S*x or Soup + Howl, And Other Pocket Poems + Amazing             Notes From Underground136 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2004 Superb character development + hard read + Brilliant + Notes From Underground + "I AM A SICK MAN...I am a wicked man."             The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics)11 reviews Matsuo Basho Penguin Classics, 1967 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home... + Anything on Basho is great. + Surprised... As an English teacher in Japan on and off for the past 20 years, I am always asked, on meeting new students, why I came to Japan. The answer, for me, is simple: this book. You see, as a college senior, I found myself drifting in no direction, with no roots or life plan. A slacker? Perhaps. But as I ...             One Hundred More Poems from the Japanese (New Directions Book)3 reviews Kenneth Rexroth New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1976 Marichiko + just right- + SUBLIME EROTICISM -- A MUST READ Kenneth Rexroth's Japanese poem selections caused a great commotion within myself. Never had such words stir so much emotions within me. As a result, I am able to relate to better with my girlfriend. These selections caught the true essense of love and lost of love. Marichiko's, a writer of various ...             Tao: The Watercourse Way22 reviews Alan Watts, Al Chung-liang Huang Pantheon, 1977 In His Own Way + I had to buy it again! + An excellent introduction, and more, on Zen + Tao The Water Course Way + The Master             Franny and Zooey222 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Fun Fanaticism + Entertaining and intelligent It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...             Poets on the Peaks: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen and Jack Kerouac2 reviews John Suiter Counterpoint, 2003 Brilliant text on the 50's West Coast (not merely Beat) Zeitigeist + Essential read for the Beat Fan First, and foremost, John Suiter's exceptional photos and detailed biographical text in Poets on the Peaks are NOT, as the previous reviewer wrote, merely "The history of Kerouac's 'rucksack mode'...co-starring Gary Snyder & Philip Whalen." On the contrary, it is so much more than this; it is the ...             Mountain Tasting : Zen Haiku by Santoka Taneda5 reviews Santoka Taneda Weatherhill, 1980 Thank heaven for the imperfect + Blue Mountains of Kyushu + The small pleasures are sometimes the finest. + An Acquired Taste Worth Acquiring + A Golden Book!             The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays47 reviews Albert Camus Vintage, 1991 Definitely worth a try + Years ago + Not an easy but a worthwhile read + amazing             Earth House Hold: Technical Notes and Queries to Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries3 reviews Gary Snyder New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969 Another side of Snyder + A Rucksack Revolution! + Wonderful !! From the outset, I have to say that I like Gary Snyder a lot. Less pretentious than Ferlenghetti and more perceptive than Ginsberg, his poems are like modern haiku, brilliant observations and juxtapositions that somehow manage to express what most artists simply cannot. _Earth House Home_ is a ...             Mountain Tasting : Zen Haiku by Santoka Taneda5 reviews Santoka Taneda Weatherhill, 1980 Thank heaven for the imperfect + Blue Mountains of Kyushu + The small pleasures are sometimes the finest. + An Acquired Taste Worth Acquiring + A Golden Book!             The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 1965 Excellent Introduction + Sublime + Probably the best translation for most purposes + vast..universes of spiritual truth             Franny and Zooey222 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Fun Fanaticism + Entertaining and intelligent It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...             Haiku11 reviews Richard Wright Anchor, 2000 HAIKU IS MY 'SOUL FOOD' + Master of Images + An Unforgettable Book of Poetry + Great Haiku Poetry Book + Basho Basho             Tao: The Watercourse Way22 reviews Alan Watts, Al Chung-liang Huang Pantheon, 1977 In His Own Way + I had to buy it again! + An excellent introduction, and more, on Zen + Tao The Water Course Way + The Master