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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:28:57 -0400, "Guyz-N-Flyz"
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If I'm not mistaken, he named the place after Gary Snyder's book of poetry.
Turtle Island is a living, breathing naturalists classroom. I think his
mother was a professor at ASU for many years, too.



BTW, Turtle Island is the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) name for North
America.

Peter

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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:28:57 -0400, "Guyz-N-Flyz"
wrote:



If I'm not mistaken, he named the place after Gary Snyder's book of
poetry.
Turtle Island is a living, breathing naturalists classroom. I think his
mother was a professor at ASU for many years, too.



BTW, Turtle Island is the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) name for North
America.

Peter

Yes, I had been told that or read the same before. I don't recall if I read
it while researching Gary Snyder, for an English class at ASU, or for what
reason? I know I would have researched the title of his book of poetry
"Turtle Island," as it won a Noble Prize for literature or a Pulitzer one?

'Ol Gary is an interesting sort! One of my favorite poems of his is:

****ing
Watching
A Waterfall

I haven't read much, if any poetry, since finishing up at ASU.

Currently, I'm reading David McCullough's "1776"

Mark