Ann Tashi Slater

Ann Tashi Slater writes for the New Yorker, the Paris Review, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Guernica, and Granta, among others, and is a Tricycle contributing editor. Traveling in Bardo, her book about the art of living in an impermanent world, will be published by Hachette Go in fall 2025.

Personal Reflections Bardo

On Grief, Willpower, and Finding Happiness

Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore…

Interview with Yiyun Li by Ann Tashi Slater

Dec 08, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

On Searching for Meaning and Solving a Koan of Loss

Interview with David James Duncan by Ann Tashi Slater

Oct 24, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

Saying Yes to Life

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Isabel Allende

Sep 08, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

Creating a Sense of Joy

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Andrew Sean Greer

Jul 24, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

This Moment Is the Only Moment

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Dani Shapiro

Jun 23, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

Storytelling, Death, and Putting Flesh Back on Bones

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Edwidge Danticat

May 18, 2023

CultureMagazine | Feature

The Funny Thing About Death

David Sedaris and Ann Tashi Slater discuss mortality, bardo wisdom, and the joys of thrifting.

An interview with Ann Tashi Slater and David Sedaris

Summer 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

Turning Toward a More Authentic Life

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Melissa Febos

Apr 10, 2023

Personal Reflections Bardo

Finding Your Own Narrative

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Gish Jen

Mar 07, 2023

Podcasts

Aug 25, 2021 Life As It Is — Episode #2

Every Moment Is a Bardo

With Ann Tashi Slater

In the latest episode of Life As It Is, Ann Tashi Slater joins co-hosts James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg to discuss near-death experiences, end-of-life rituals, and what the living can learn from The Tibetan Book of the Dead.

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