From her bedroom and study at Robinson College, Dr. Irene Lok shares a poem about impermanence as snow falls across Cambridge
poetry
Mountain Buddha
Returning home to the mountain and to where the Presence is: a new poem from Sensei Alex
An Infidelity to the External World
Facing contradictions and deception in samsara’s death, birth, sexuality, desire, love and loss in the blinding light of the non-dual “mother nature” AH
In Memoriam Kenneth White (1936-2023)
A tribute to Scottish poet, academic and writer Kenneth White, who passed away on 11 August
She Speaks: Argentine Literary Engagement with Buddhism, with Sonia Betancort
Dr. Sonia Betancort of Camilo José Cela University in Spain looks at how two Argentinian authors redefined Buddhism for postcolonial literature and society
Breasts Without Women: Reading Gary Snyder in 2022
What is the gendered legacy of famed American eco-writer Gary Snyder?
In Review: “Poetry and Zen,” “In the Present Moment”
Here are some books I’m reviewing or have recently reviewed.