Heroes

Review of Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi and Why the Dalai Lama Matters

One Taste

Sharon Louise Crayton's One Taste is a cross between a meditation manual, a travel guide to the world, and a cookbook.

David Guy on the Zen of Writing

In this exclusive web interview, author David Guy talks about his practice, the state of Buddhist publishing, and his novel Jake Fades.

Web-Exclusive Interview with Author Roland Merullo

Web-exclusive interview with Rolan Merullo, author of Breakfast with Buddha, on writing about spirituality.

Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, and Uncommon Insight

Barbara Gates and Wes Nisker, long-time editors of the long-running Buddhist journal Inquiring Mind, have just published The Best of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years of Dharma, Drama, and Uncommon Insight. Chris Faatz offers a nice review of the book at Powells.com:

A Great Master’s Simple Goodbye

Review of Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk by Master Sheng Yen.

A Lineage of Yoginis

Review of When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty by Hildegard Diemberger.

Book Briefs Fall 2008

Books Briefs from Fall 2008.

The Birth of the Sixties: When the Beats Became Hippies

Review of A Blue Hand: The Beats in India by Deborah Baker.

Books in Brief September 2008

Review of books from September 2008.