Archives: Authors
Rick Bass
Rick Bass lives with his family in Yaak and Missoula, Montana, where he has long been active in efforts to protect the last roadless lands in one of the wildest landscapes in the northern Rockies. His latest novel is 2009’s <i>Nashville Chrome</i>, which looks at the music business and the destructiveness of fame; 2012 saw the release of three nonfiction works by <i>Bass: The Black Rhinos of Namibia, A Thousand Deer, </i>and <i>In My Home There Is No More Sorrow.</i>
Michael Valpy
Michael Valpy writes frequently on religion and ethics for The Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto.
John Whalen-Bridge
John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor of English at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches courses in American literature and religious studies.
Rafe Martin
Rafe Martin is a disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau’s as well as his editor and friend. He is also an author of children’s books and a storyteller.
Marshall Glickman
Marshall Glickman is the author of Beyond the Breath: Extraordinary Mindfulness Through Whole-Body Vipassana (Tuttle Publishing) and The Mindful Money Guide: Creating Harmony Between Your Values and Your Finances (Ballantine Wellspring/Random House).
B. Alan Wallace
Dynamic lecturer, progressive scholar, and one of the most prolific writers and translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, B. Alan Wallace holds a doctorate in religious studies from Stanford University. He is founder and president of the <a href="https://sbinstitute.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies </a> and the <a href="https://centerforcontemplativeresearch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center for Contemplative Research</a> .
Justin von Bujdoss
Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer, and the is a co- founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod Owens and Yangti Yoga Retreat Center with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang. He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books. Justin was ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16 th Karmapa and is a ngakpa in the Yuthok Nyingthik lineage.
Gehlek Rinpoche
Gehlek Rinpoche (1939-2017) was born in Lhasa, Tibet. An incarnate lama, he studied at Drepung monastery, fleeing Tibet in 1959 during the Chinese invasion and emigrating to the West. He was founder and president of Jewel Heart in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and author of <i>Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation</i>.
Kazuaki Tanahashi
Kazuaki Tanahashi is a Zen teacher, author, and translator of Buddhist texts, most notably of works by Dogen. He is also an accomplished artist and has taught Zen calligraphy extensively in different parts of this world.
Julia Sommer
Julia Sommer is a freelance writer and a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center.
Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Mushim Ikeda is a social activist and teacher at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. She also works as a diversity and inclusion consultant.
Ruth King
Ruth King is an insight meditation teacher and emotional wisdom author and life coach. Mentored by Jack Kornfield in the Theravada tradition, and influenced by the Tibetan traditions of Buddhism, Ruth teaches at insight meditation communities nationwide. She is a guiding teacher at Insight Meditation Community of Washington and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and the founder of Mindful Members Insight Meditation Community of Charlotte. Ruth is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Wisdom-Cards-Ruth-King/dp/0975425811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525212056&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Emotional+Wisdom+Cards"><em>The Emotional Wisdom Cards</em></a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Rage-Women-Making-Possible/dp/1592404065/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525212030&sr=1-1&keywords=Healing+Rage%3A+Women+Making+Inner+Peace+Possible"><em>Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible</em></a>, and her new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Race-Transforming-Racism-Inside/dp/1683640810/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525211980&sr=8-1&keywords=mindful+of+race"><em>Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out</em></a> (Sounds True, June 2018).
Joseph McElroy
Joseph McElroy is the author of eight novels, most recently Actress in the House (Overlook Press, 2003). His stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Art International, The New York Times Book Review, Conjunctions and other magazines.
Anushka Fernandopulle
Anushka Fernandopulle is a San Francisco-based Insight Meditation teacher and author of an upcoming book on mindfulness and leadership.
Caroline Douglas
Caroline Douglas has been working with clay for thirty years. She teaches classes and workshops in creative expression in Boulder, Colorado.