# Back on the Fire

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- Book: [Back on the Fire](https://www.bookquiver.com/gary-snyder/back-on-the-fire) ([Back on the Fire.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gary-snyder/back-on-the-fire.md))
- Authors: [Gary Snyder](https://www.bookquiver.com/gary-snyder)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-15-9376-163-9
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2008-01-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This collection of essays by Gary Snyder, now in paperback, blazes with insight. In his most autobiographical writing to date, Snyder employs fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held...