Archives: Authors
Andrew Rock
Andrew Rock and his wife are committed Buddhists who live in Tampa, Florida and LaHave, Nova Scotia. They are members of the Florida Community of Mindfulness, led by their teacher Fred Eppsteiner, in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. They also practice with the South Shore Shambhala Center, in Mahone Bay.
Logan Beaudry
Logan Beaudry was introduced to Buddhism during an extended visit to Japan and since then has attended numerous retreats at Dai Bosatsu Zendo in New York’s Catskill Mountains, and the Rinzai-ji Zen Center in Los Angeles. She lives in Vermont and is working on a series of literary nonfiction essays.
Susan Moon
Susan Moon is a writer and teacher and for many years was the editor of <em>Turning Wheel</em>, the journal of socially engaged Buddhism. She is the author of <em>This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Dignity and Humor</em> and <em>The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi</em>, a humorous book about an imaginary Zen master. She edited <em>Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism</em>.
Kobutsu Malone
Kobutsu Malone, Zenji, is a Rinzai Zen priest of the Gempo-Soen-Eido lineage. He is a co-founder of The Engaged Zen Foundation, which fosters meditative practice in prisons and develops monastic alternative sentencing/post-release programs. The Engaged Zen Foundation can be contacted at Post Office Box 700, Ramsey, NJ 07446.
Scott Darnell
Scott Darnell is serving a life sentence in Lawrence Correctional Center, Sumner, Illinois. He has been incarcerated for more than 30 years. He has written several articles for this newsletter and for various Buddhist magazines. His essay called “Meeting Myself in the Cell House” was included in Best Buddhist Writing of 2005. With the assistance of volunteers from Inside Dharma and Shinzo Zen Meditation Center in St. Louis, MO, Scott participated in a Jukai ceremony at his institution and received a rakasu.
Bryant Terry
Bryant Terry is a chef, educator, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. Bryant’s fourth book, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/225436/afro-vegan-by-bryant-terry"><em>Afro Vegan</em></a> was published by Ten Speed Press/Random House April 2014. Just 2 months after publication, <em>Afro-Vegan</em> was named by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sr_aj?node=5522571011&ajr=0">Amazon.com</a> one of the best cookbooks of 2014. In December it was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work category. He lives in Oakland, CA with his wife, Jidan Koon, and their two daughters.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904-1971) came to the US from Japan in 1959 and founded <a href="https://www.sfzc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Zen Center</a>. The author of <em>Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind</em>, his approach to teaching Soto Zen continues to have an immeasurable influence on Buddhism in the West.
James Ishmael Ford
James Ishmael Ford is a senior guiding teacher of Boundless Way Zen and the author of several books including <i>Zen Master WHO?</i> and <i>If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break.</i>
Lin Jensen
Lin Jensen is the author of several books, including Bad Dog! A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places and Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha’s Household. He lives in Chico, CA.
