Archives: Authors
Peter J. Conradi
Peter J. Conradi is the author of <i>Iris Murdoch: A Life</i> (Norton, 2001). His newest book is <i>Going Buddhist: Panic and Emptiness, the Buddha and Me</i> (Short Books), available from Trafalgar Square Publishing.
Lopön Charlotte Z. Rotterdam
Lopön Charlotte Rotterdam is a Senior Teacher at Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center and a long-time student of Lama Tsultrim Allione. She is the Director of the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education at Naropa University and an instructor in Naropa’s Core College and Graduate School of Psychology. She co-developed and co-teaches Naropa’s Mindful Compassion Training, a secular program to cultivate compassion in personal, professional and societal contexts. <a href="http://www.skymind.us/" rel="noopener">www.skymind.us</a>
Damien Keown
Damien Keown is professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author and editor of several books, including Buddhism and Bioethics, and is co-founder of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics. His current research interests include the role of religion in peace and conflict.
Christopher Martin
Christopher Martin is the author of the poetry chapbook <i>A Conference of Birds</i> and founding editor of the online literary magazine <i>Flycatcher</i>.
Tina Welling
Tina Welling is the author of <i>Writing Wild: A Creative Partnership with Nature</i>. She leads writing and journaling workshops wherever invited.
Brenda Feuerstein
Brenda Feuerstein is currently writing a book and developing a workshop series on conscious dying and grief.
Gary Geddes
Gary Geddes has been called Canada’s best political poet. His most recent books are <i>Swimming Ginger</i>, poems set in twelfth-century China, and the nonfiction book <i>Drink the Bitter Root: A search for Justice and Healing in Africa</i>. He lives on Thetis Island, British Columbia.
Donna Johnson
Donna M. Johnson escaped the holy-roller life at the age of seventeen and has spent her time since outrunning the apocalypse. “So far, so good,” she says. She is the author of <i>Holy Ghost Girl</i>, an award-winning memoir acclaimed by The New York Times, O Magazine, and The New York Review of Books. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, the poet and author Kirk Wilson.
Leanora McClellan
Introduced to Buddhism as a student at the University of Vermont, Leanora McLellan has noted a shift in her interest, from the purely academic to the deeply personal. She was especially pleased to complete her first silent meditation retreat in 2012. More recently, Buddhism’s influence has found its way into the creative nonfiction writing McLellan has undertaken as a master of fine arts student at Emerson College. She works in Boston as a writer and yoga teacher.