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Gary Gregory Gach (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, translator and poet living in Russian Hill, San Francisco. He has published six books. His work has been translated into several languages. In 2004, he was appointed to serve on the International Advisory Panel of the Buddhist Channel, a Malaysian Buddhist news website. An aspirant in the Order of Interbeing, he teaches mindfulness in the tradition of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh, at the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples.
Gach was born to a Jewish family in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1947. He was student body president of John Burroughs Junior High School. He claims to have had a mystic vision at the age of 6. At 11, he read The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, beginning a lifelong interest in Buddhism.
In 1968, Gach moved to San Francisco, where he remains. He studied Hasidic Judaism and Kabbalah, and was introduced to shikantaza by Dainin Katagiri Roshi, which he continues to practice.
George Oppen was a mentor from 1969 until his passing in 1984. He has worked as an actor, stevedore, typographer, legal secretary, editor-in-chief, webmaster, and teacher (most frequently of late, Stanford Continuing Studies). Besides Buddhism, he teaches haiku.
Books
- Preparing the Ground : Poems 1960-1970 (Heirs, International; San Francisco)
- The Pocket Guide to the Internet (Pocket Books; New York) ISBN 0-671-56850-7
- Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resources and Opportunities (Prima Publishing; Rocklin, New York) ISBN 0-7615-0641-1
- Editor, What Book!? : Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop, (Parallax Press; Albany, California) ISBN 0-938077-92-9 (American Book Award)
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism (Alpha Books, New York)
- Co-translator, Ten Thousand Lives by Ko Un (Green Integer: Los Angeles) ISBN 1-933382-06-6
- Co-translator, Flowers of a Moment 185 brief poems by Ko Un; (Rochester, New York) ISBN 1-929918-88-7 (Northern California Book Award, Translation)
- Co-translator, Songs for Tomorrow: A Collection of Poems 1960-2001 by Ko Un (Green Integer; Los Angeles) ISBN 1-933382-70-8
Anthologies
- 09/11 8:48 am: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy (Ethan Casey and Jay Rosen, editors; Blue Ear)
- Amerus (Jack Hirschman, editor); A Book of Luminous Things (Czes?aw Mi?osz, editor)
- A Brotherhood in Song (Stephen Soong, editor, Renditions)
- Chazon (Melod; Memphis)
- Chicken Soup for the American Soul
- City/Country Miner
- Code of Signals (Michael Palmer, editor)
- Coyote's Journal (Steven Nemirow & Peter Blue Cloud, editors; Wingbow)
- Exiled in the Word: Poems and Other Visions of the Jews from Tribal Times to the Present (Jerome Rothenberg, editor; Copper Canyon)
- FluxShoe (Beau Geste Press)
- General Fluxus (Ken Friedman, editor)
- The Heart as Origami (Rising Fire Press)
- Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar, Nathalie Handal editors; Norton)
- Literatures of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (Tony & Willis Barnstone, editors; Prentice Hall)
- Oakland Out Loud: Poems & Prose in Celebration of "There" (PEN West); Mutannabi Street Starts Here. (Beau Beausoleil & Kate Gale, eds.; Red Hen)
- Poems for the Millennium (Jerome Rothenberg, editor, UC)
- Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World Jan Greenberg, editor; Abrams)
- Sparks of Fire: Blake in a New Age (James Bogan, editor)
- Stony Thursday Book (Arts Council, Limerick)
- Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania (Jerome Rothenberg, editor, UC)
- Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (Maxine Hong Kingston, editor; Koa Books)
- Visions (National Geographic, editor)
- Viz: A Trans-Genre Anthology
- Words Upon the Waters: a benefit for survivors of Katrina (Jukebox Press)
- World Poetry (Clifton Fadiman, editor)
Periodicals, reviews and articles
Over 175 appearances, including The American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, Good Times, The Nation, New American Writing, The New Yorker and San Francisco Review of Books
Gach is a recipient of a Shirle E. Robbins Award and an American Book Award (for What Book!?). He is recipient of a Northern California Book Award in translation (2007) for his work on Flowers of a Moment and shortlisted by them (2006) for Ten Thousand Lives, both by Ko Un. He is an honorary member of The Academy of American Poets. He is recipient of translation grants from the Korea Literary Translation Institute and the Lannan Foundation. Poets & Writers, Inc. has supported his readings through their funding initiative.
