Heading home to California after 14 days on the East Coast. Still processing the June 2–5 "Future of American Buddhism" conference Garrison Institute, sponsored by Naropa University, Lenz, & other foundations. Grateful to Kusa Ivan Mayerhofer for this courageous and clear analysis of the conference

Huge thanks to Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, deputy editor NBC Asian America, for this vibrant and engaging Tricycle: The Buddhist Review piece on listening and learning from local Buddhists, featuring students Phillips Academy and Andy Housiaux Tang Institute ☸️💛🙏tricycle.org/trikedaily/bud…

This is the happiest headline I've read in a long time: "Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki believes toasters can speak and wins Women's Prize for Fiction" 🥳 Congrats ruth ozeki Women's Prize inews.co.uk/culture/books/… (I've often wondered if my toaster laments its crumbiness...)

An exciting opportunity to share with your Buddhist writer networks: @lionsroar is hiring a full-time editor for Buddhadharma magazine lionsroar.com/lions-roar-fou…

Interested in joining the steering committee for the next Mahasangha Gathering of Dharma Teachers? Reach out to current committee members Acharya Susmita Barua @Mitaky, Trisha Stoetler of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, and Kusa Ivan Mayerhofer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

A great opportunity from APARRI for those of you working on—or dreaming of new!—projects related to Asian Pacific American religions. Applications for research grants and working group grants are due Nov 15th

Yenkuei Chuang will be facilitating "Insight Dialogue for People with Asian Heritage" from Nov 28 to Dec 13 (five sessions), freely offered in the Buddhist tradition of dana. The group will continue in 2023 as a monthly drop-in series. To learn more, visit insightdialogue.org/programs/10755/

A poignant video for this #DayofRemembrance marking the 81st year after the signing of Executive Order 9066, featuring the Ireicho Book of Names JANM in LA, Reiko and Maya Iwanaga Duncan Ryuken Williams, & Emilie Ikeda NBC News NBC Asian America today.com/video/inside-t…

Really looking forward to this conversation on Buddhist theological education with Jose Cabezon UC Santa Barbara, moderated by Namdrol Miranda Adams @MaitripaCollege and hosted by @aarweb. Join us Wed, March 15th at 2pm PT / 5pm ET for this hourlong event! aarweb.org/AARMBR/Events-…

#onelonglistening just arrived at my doorstep this afternoon! Huge thanks to North Atlantic Books for publishing this memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care & to everyone who's preordered the paperbook, ebook, and audiobook (narrated by yours truly) penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717669/o…

A huge thank you to everyone who's pre-ordered a copy of my second book, "one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care," which comes out next Tuesday, 4/11. North Atlantic Books is offering a free #onelonglistening tote for preorders: tinyurl.com/h48vp23x

For those engaged in Religiously-Inspired Asian American Coalitional Justice Work, here's an excellent funding opportunity that offers $20,000 in grant support and the chance to collaborate with an amazing team of research fellows aarcoalition.org/?fbclid=IwAR2j…

Seattle friends/readers! Hope you'll join us at 7pm tomorrow, Tuesday April 25th, at Elliott Bay Book Co., where I'll be doing a book event for my memoir, one long listening, with fellow Hedgebrook alumna Jane Wong, who has a gorgeous memoir of her own coming out very soon 💕

For avid dharma readers out there & for those who've appreciated Joie Szu-Chiao Chen's thoughtful book briefs over the past few years and want to continue in the same vein, an opportunity to work for Buddhadharma magazine as book reviews editor: lionsroar.com/buddhadharma-h…

Hope you can join us for "Resilience, Recovery, Repair," an online speaker series on Jan 24, Feb 2, & Feb 22 hosted by #MayWeGather w/ Tricycle: The Buddhist Review & supported by APARRI. We've got a great lineup of speakers! More info at tricycle.org/events/resilie…