Canyon Sam

Canyon Sam

Canyon Sam is the author of the PEN winning, Sky Train:  Tibetan Women on the Edge of History. Her recently completed memoir Bend Like A River:  A Chinese American Women’s Tibetan Journey centers on one year in the eighties when she lived in Asia. Originally interested in socialist China, she found herself in Tibet and eventually on a spiritual odyssey that took her to the heights of Mt. Everest and deep into her own heart. She recently began the search for a publishing partner. If you’d like to pre-order a copy of the book, go to canyonsam.com.

Recent Articles

The Day I Met the Dalai Lama

In this vivid, intimate account, Canyon Sam recalls her 1986 audience with His Holiness— a meeting that unfolded with humor, candor, and unexpected spiritual clarity.

Healing Anti-Asian Hate on My Birthday

On a birthday like no other, Canyon Sam reflects on celebrating beauty and practicing joy and compassion in the face of an increase in anti-Asian violence.