Turtle Island (poetry book)

Turtle Island (poetry book)

"Turtle Island" is a book of poetry written by Gary Snyder in 1974. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975. The work is titled after an English translation of many Native American tribes' terms for North America: Turtle Island.


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