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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: contemplation
Book Review: Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer
Aflame is a celebration of Iyer’s decades-long infatuation with a Benedictine retreat in an isolated spot in the hills above the ocean at Big Sur. In his recent book The Half-Known Life: In Search of Paradise, Iyer searches the world … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Big Sur, contemplation, meditation, Silence, stillness, travel
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Book Review: Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey
As Desert Solitaire opens, Edward Abbey has just arrived at Arches National Monument in Utah for an isolated six month stint as a park ranger. He worked as a seasonal ranger in the 1950s, although the book was not published … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Annie Dillard, contemplation, desert, nature writing, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Thoreau, Walden
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The Dark Night of a Writer’s Soul (Revisited in Light of the Pandemic)
Recently I wrote an essay called “The Great Opportunity, or, Turning Lemons into Lemonade During a Pandemic.” In it, I encouraged those who were isolating themselves while avoiding exposure to the coronavirus to develop their creativity by writing, painting, sculpting, … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing
Tagged contemplation, creativity, meditation, New Seeds of Contemplation, pandemic, publishing, rejection, Thomas Merton, Writing
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Life Is Entertaining
This essay came about because of a terrible commercial I’ve been seeing lately on various TV and internet sites. In it, a certain A-list Hollywood actor walks around a city, and as he does, scenes such as those that appear … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing, Uncategorized
Tagged contemplation, meditation, television, Writing
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