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Angkor Wat: poetry and photography

$20.00

by luke kurtis

In 1963, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Cambodia and visited the ancient Khmer temples. He wrote “Angkor Wat,” an eponymous poem about the temple complex. It was a very different time: pre-Vietnam War, pre-Khmer Rouge, and before the bustling tourism trade that is now the lifeblood of Siem Reap. Yet the Angkor temples themselves remain a unique source of inspiration for poets and photographers who travel there from all over the world.

Over half a century later, Angkor Wat by luke kurtis is both the artist’s homage to Ginsberg’s text as well a celebration of his own pilgrimages to the ancient city. Published in 1968, Ginsberg’s Angkor Wat book was a single long poem accompanied by photographs by Alexandra Lawrence. kurtis’s book is a suite of poems paired with his original photography. Chronicling the poet’s own travels where he explored mythical stories and experienced mystical visions, kurtis’s poems take you on a tour of Angkor Wat (and beyond) unlike any other and tell the story of one American poet deepening his Buddhist spirituality.

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SKU: AW Category: Poetry Books Tags: Buddhism, luke kurtis, photography, poetry, spiritual

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Additional information

Artist

luke kurtis

Date

4 Aug 2017

Format

Softcover, 60# pages
Also available as an eBook

Dimensions

8.5"³ x 5.5"³ x 0.5"

Pages

236

ISBN

978-0-9890266-8-0

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