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Personal Reflections Bardo

On Searching for Meaning and Solving a Koan of Loss

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 David James Duncan by Ann Tashi Slater

Oct 24, 2023

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CultureMagazine | Feature

Listening into the Silence

Eco-feminist writer and philosopher Susan Griffin on meditation, creativity, and environmentalism

Interview by Judith Hertog

Fall 2023

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Culture Tricycle Talks

Writing as an Act of Truth

In a new essay collection, twenty-two Tibetan writers demonstrate the resilience of their community in exile and the persistence of Tibetan literature.

By Tenzin Dickie

Jul 16, 2023

Edwidge Danticat

Personal Reflections Bardo

Storytelling, Death, and Putting Flesh Back on Bones

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…

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Edwidge Danticat

May 18, 2023

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Personal Reflections Bardo

Finding Your Own Narrative

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…

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Gish Jen

Mar 07, 2023

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“I Must Change My Life”

In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, novelist Charles Johnson discusses why he believes that art should force us out of our usual ways of seeing the world.

Interview with Charles Johnson by James Shaheen

Mar 02, 2023

Quitting Twitter

Ideas How We Live

The Incredible Lightness of Quitting Twitter

A novelist reflects on the self-destruction of her blue-check account.

By Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Dec 13, 2022

John McPhee

Personal Reflections Bardo

On Going into the Zone

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…

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with John McPhee

Dec 06, 2022

Akil Kumarasamy

Personal Reflections Books

The Border States of Compassion

Akil Kumarasamy’s debut novel asks how we can truly understand another’s pain—and at what cost.

Interview with Akil Kumarasamy by Sarah Fleming

Nov 19, 2022

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