Expanding Mind - Coyote Poetics - 11.02.17

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Expanding Mind - Coyote Poetics - 11.02.17

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Nov 2, 2017

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Poet and wilderness writer Andrew Schelling talks about his new biography Tracks Along the Left Coast (Counterpoint), which tells the story of Jaime De Angulo (1887-1950): Big Sur bohemian, California Indian anthropologist, and great Coyote poet.

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Nov 2, 2017

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