Yug hauv San Francisco xyoo 1930, Gary Snyder yog ib tus kws sau paj huam ntawm Beat Generation. Nws tau luam tawm ntau tshaj li kaum sau sau paj huam thiab prose uas Xyaum Tsiaj qus yog dav lees paub tias yog ib qho ntawm cov phau ntawv muaj kev cuam tshuam rau ib puag ncig ntawm tsib caug xyoo dhau los. Nws zaj paj huam uas nyuam qhuav tiav lawm, Roob thiab Dej Tsis Muaj Kawg, yog dav lees paub tias yog ib qho ntawm cov paj huam ntev tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas cov ntaub ntawv. Nws phau ntawv Danger on Peaks, yog tus kawg rau National Book Critics Circle Award. Snyder txoj kev taug kev, kev mus ncig, thiab kev kawm txog kev ntseeg tau cuam tshuam nws txoj kev xav thiab nws cov duab ntev. Gary yuav tham txog kev sib txuas ntawm nws lub neej thiab qhov xwm txheej thiab nws lub neej txoj haujlwm tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm nws txoj kev sib sib zog nqus mus rau lub ntiaj teb.