Beat poet digs Macs
January 23rd, 2010
New York Times columnist John Markoff recently interviewed Beat-era poet Gary Snyder, who usually writes about the American wilderness. Markoff found that the 79 year-old Snyder, who confesses to writing his poetry on “whatever was at hand,” is an avid and devoted Mac user.
According to Markoff, Snyder wasn’t aware of the upcoming announcement of an Apple book replacement, as he lives in the California back country and apparently doesn’t have the interruption of broadband noise to bother him. Snyder rarely uses a mobile phone and is quoted by Markoff as considering texting “abhorrent.” But he waxes poetic when he uses his Mac.