Ann Tashi Slater Interviews Bianca Bosker ‘08
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In day-to-day life, we often fall into well-worn grooves of perception, not noticing much of what’s around us. How can we see our everyday world in new ways?
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Ann Tashi Slater Interviews Cheryl Strayed
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What can we do when the world as we know it ends? Ann Tashi Slater talked about this with author Cheryl Strayed, who hiked 1100 miles from the Mojave Desert to Washington State in search of answers after the death of her mother.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater Talks With Malcolm Gladwell
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"I’ve realized there’s no reason to be surprised by change," Malcolm Gladwell says. "In fact, we should be suspicious of its absence, not surprised by its presence."
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater '84 talks with Julia Alvarez
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“The way life is shot through with loss and gain is the painful beauty of being alive,” says Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez, one of America’s most celebrated Latina authors.
Read More"Don't Miss Your Life" - Ann Tashi Slater talks with American Buddhist Sylvia Boorstein
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Ann Tashi Slater ’84 talked with leading American Buddhist Sylvia Boorstein about coming to terms with loss and not missing your life.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater '84 interviews Alan Lightman '70
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Ann Tashi Slater ’84 talked with physicist, author, and Princeton alum Alan Lightman (Class of ’70) about happiness, hidden knowledge, and living our lives with an awareness of death.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater in Conversation with Amitava Kumar
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In her latest interview about bardo and the art of living, Ann Tashi Slater ’84 talked with Amitava Kumar about the power of our personal and collective stories, how he has come to terms with his father’s death, and art as a site of both mourning and hope.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews Lorrie Moore
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Ann Tashi Slater ’84 talked with author Lorrie Moore about humor, grief, and how to live—and die—in a world of impermanence. Moore is one of America’s most acclaimed writers, described by Alison Lurie as “the nearest thing we have to Chekhov.”
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews Yiyun Li
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“Grief doesn’t narrow you down, it expands you,” author and Princeton professor Yiyun Li told Ann Tashi Slater '84, in On Grief, Willpower, and Finding Happiness, the latest in Ann’s interview series about bardo and the art of living.
Read MoreEssay by Ann Tashi Slater '84 is Narrative Magazine "Story of the Week"
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Ann Tashi Slater’s "Light and Shadow” is Story of the Week in Narrative Magazine. In this memoir, Ann explores her quest to understand the dissolution of her parents’ marriage and the disintegration of her family. She writes about “memories and ghosts, the power of the imagination and the spirit, the things we don’t know or cannot know.”
Read MoreInterview with Author David James Duncan
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 spoke with David James Duncan--author of the best-selling novels THE RIVER WHY and THE BROTHERS K--about his new novel, SUN HOUSE, and how he has made his way forward during bardo periods of struggle and impermanence.
Read MoreInterview with Isabel Allende by Ann Tashi Slater
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 talked with best-selling Chilean-American author Isabel Allende, author of THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, about displacement, exile, and the search for home. “I have had no control over the most important losses that I’ve experienced,” Allende said. “The only thing I can control is how I react, so I just plunge into whatever comes and say yes to life.”
Read MoreBook Deal: Traveling in Bardo
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Ann Tashi Slater's TRAVELING IN BARDO will be published by Hachette Go in fall 2025.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews novelist Andrew Sean Greer
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“Humor is very connected to the deep things in life,” author Andrew Sean Greer told Ann Tashi Slater '84 in the latest interview for her Tricycle magazine series about bardo and the art of living.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews Dani Shapiro and publishes in THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN TIBETAN ESSAYS
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 talked with bestselling author Dani Shapiro about facing change and embracing the moment, the latest in Ann's interview series about bardo and the art of living.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews Edwidge Danticat
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 spoke with Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat about why death is central to her storytelling and how she finds meaning in the face of impermanence.
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater Interviews Melissa Febos
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In the latest conversation for her interview series about bardo and the art of living, Ann Tashi Slater '84 talked with author Melissa Febos about how to break free from the scripts of family and society and live a life that’s true to who we are (https://tricycle.org/article/melissa-febos/).
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater interviews David Sedaris and Gish Jen, and publishes an essay in WANTING: WOMEN WRITING ABOUT DESIRE
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 spoke with David Sedaris and Gish Jen for the latest interviews in her Tricycle magazine series about Tibetan Buddhist bardo and the art of living. Her conversation with Sedaris was about parents, connections with strangers, and embracing what you have (https://tricycle.org/article/david-sedaris/); she talked with Jen about existing between cultures and being the author of your own life (https://tricycle.org/article/gish-jen/).
Read MoreAnn Tashi Slater '84 in The New Yorker
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Ann Tashi Slater '84 wrote for The New Yorker about the Manuscript Writing Café in Tokyo. You can only enter the cafe if you have a deadline (and you can’t leave until you’ve met your goal).
Read MoreBardo and the Art of Living: A Conversation with John McPhee '53
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In the latest in her Tricycle series, "Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life," Ann Tashi Slater '84 speaks with John McPhee '53 about being in the zone while writing.
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