NMLP P-036697 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Old Ways

Gary Snyder · City Lights Books · 1977

True first is the 1977 City Lights wrappered original (paperback original; no hardcover was issued). Not part of the Pocket Poets series, which is verse rather than essays.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036697 for "The Old Ways" by Gary Snyder (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036697, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).