Archives: Authors

Alexander Weinstein

Alexander Weinstein is the director of The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and author of the short story collection Children of the New World.

Finn Enke

Finn Enke is a professor and the author of "Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism" (Duke University Press).

Cameron Conaway is the Director of Marketing Communications at <a href="https://solace.com/">Solace</a> and the author of Man Box, Poems (Lasting Impact Press, 2018). Connect with him <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronconaway">here on LinkedIn</a>.

John Harvey Negru

John Harvey Negru (Karma Yönten Gyatso) is founder and president at <a href="http://sumeru-books.com">The Sumeru Press</a>, Canada’s leading independent Buddhist book publisher. He also manages <a href="http://www.canadianbuddhism.info">canadianbuddhism.info</a>, a directory of more than 600 Canadian Buddhist organizations, and has been involved in a wide variety of Buddhist community development projects over the years.

Richard Davidson

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he has pioneered the study of how meditation practices affect the brain. He was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Hondo Lobley

Hondo Lobley grew up in Northern California, currently lives in the East Bay and practices in the Jodo Shinshu tradition of his family. His grandparents and great grandparents maintained their practice through their incarceration at Amache during WWII. Hondo likes cats and martial arts.

Debra Flics

Debra Flics is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. She teaches at Downtown New York Meditation Community and has served on the Teachers Council at New York Insight Meditation Center.

Jeff Bridges

Although many people think he is The Dude, Jeff Bridges is actually a multitalented actor, singer, photographer, and activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for Crazy Heart. Read Andrea Miller's Lion's Roar magazine feature about Bridges and his friendship with Zen teacher Bernie Glassman, "<a href="https://lionsroar-dev.client-review.ca/the-dude-and-the-zen-master-may-2013/">The Dude and the Zen Master</a>."

Eli Brown-Stevenson

Eli Brown-Stevenson is the director of work practice at San Francisco Zen Center.

Allen Weiss

Allen Weiss is director of Mindful USC at the University of Southern California and a senior teacher at InsightLA.