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Ruth Ozeki

About Ruth Ozeki

Ruth Ozeki is a Soto Zen priest and an award-winning writer. Her novels include All Over Creation, My Year of Meats, and A Tale for the Time Being. She lives in New York and British Columbia.

Nothing Is Wasted

by Ruth Ozeki| January 22, 2020

Nothing Is Wasted

If you use your difficulties to create art, says Ruth Ozeki, it will give them meaning.

About a Poem: Ruth Ozeki on Ono no Komachi

by Ruth Ozeki| March 3, 2014

About a Poem: Ruth Ozeki on Ono no Komachi
Ono No Komachi Old Woman Poetry Poems Ruth Ozeki JapanOno no Komachi as an old woman, woodcut by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

How do we remember a woman’s life? Can we piece her together from a few lines of poetry?

Confessions of a Zen Novelist

by Ruth Ozeki| February 15, 2013

Confessions of a Zen Novelist
Ruth Ozeki Confessions Zen Buddhism Lion's Roar BuddhadharmaPhotos by Kris Krug

When bestselling author Ruth Ozeki becomes a Zen priest, she finds out Zen and novel writing do not easily go hand in hand.

The Writer’s Way

by Ruth Ozeki| November 10, 2011

The Writer’s Way

Ruth Ozeki reviews “Writing as Enlightenment: Buddhist American Literature Into the Twenty-First Century”.

About a Poem: Taha Muhammad Ali’s “Revenge”

by Ruth Ozeki| May 1, 2010

About a Poem: Taha Muhammad Ali’s “Revenge”
Guns Duel Revenge Taha Muhammed Ali Ruth Ozeki PoemPhoto by practicalowl.

At times … I wish / I could meet in a duel / the man who killed my father

The Art of Losing

by Ruth Ozeki| March 1, 2008

The Art of Losing

Ruth L. Ozeki’s touching memoir is also a profound meditation on love, stories, and the difference between losing and letting go.

My Year of Meats

by Ruth Ozeki| November 1, 1999

My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats Ruth Ozeki Shambhala Sun Buddhism

Mirroring the journey of her novel’s heroine, Ruth Ozeki explored meat and media and discovered that writing is always political and denial always a choice. What’s in a Name? Last year my first novel was published. It’s called My Year of Meats. It’s a good title, I think. A funny title. A little proud, a […]

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