Buddhist Fiction Blog
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The Buddhist Fiction Blog was created to connect with other readers of “Buddhist Fiction” and, hopefully, serve as a space for sharing thoughts about books and short stories of Buddhist fiction, or even about the very idea that a grouping of popular fiction novels and short stories can be labeled Buddhist Fiction.
Buddhist Fiction Blog
1d ago
I did a thing! I have a chapter titled “Buddhism and American Literature” that has been published in The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism, edited by Ann Gleig and Scott Mitchell. The book just came out late last month. While ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
4d ago
Late last year, The Buddha: A Storied Life, edited by Vanessa R. Sasson and Kristin Scheible, was published by Oxford University Press. The volume is a tribute to the legacy of Buddhist Studies scholar John Strong, who’s work has educated ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
3w ago
A while back I reviewed David Mitchell’s Post-Secular World: Buddhism, Belief and the Urgency of Compassion (2019), by Rose Harris-Birtill for Religion and Literature, a journal published by the University of Notre Dame. Harris-Birtill’s work is important for Buddhist fiction ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
2M ago
My Canadian winter has been very dark so far this year, and while I yearn for sunshine, I am also trying to appreciate winter as a period of sheltering in place, a time for getting cozy and imbibing in stories ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
4M ago
It’s been more than a few months since I have posted. I needed a break, so I took it. But now I feel the need to catch up in order to ‘close out the year’, and the only way I ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
11M ago
Hank Heals: A Novel of Miracles (Monkfish Book Publishing, 2022) is David Guys follow up to Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence (2008). This latest novel continues the story of Zen teacher Jake’s successor, Hank. The story opens two years ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
11M ago
As May is comes to a close, so too does a focus on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the USA and Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Elsewhere on the Buddhist Fiction Blog I’ve noted that Asian North ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
1y ago
Hank Heals: A Novel of Miracles (Monkfish Book Publishing, 2022) is David Guys follow up to Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence (2008). This latest novel continues the story of Zen teacher Jake’s successor, Hank. The story opens two years ..read more
Buddhist Fiction Blog
1y ago
February in North America is known for celebrating love, with Valentine’s Day is a significant part of it. I spent much of the month enchanted by an advanced reader copy of a book about what desire can teach us. Kate ..read more
Looking Backward, Looking Forward, and Upcoming Review of HOPE FOR THE WORST, a novel by Kate Brandt
Buddhist Fiction Blog
1y ago
This first month of this new Gregorian calendar year has gone by so quickly that, in an effort to feel like I still have time to ground myself in a new cycle, I have fully embraced the lunar new year ..read more