Bardo and the Art of Living: A Conversation with Novelist Mohsin Hamid '93

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Bardo and the Art of Living: A Conversation with Novelist Mohsin Hamid '93

In the latest in my new Tricycle magazine series, "Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life," I talk with Mohsin Hamid '93 about endings and beginnings. "The impulse to deny when change comes is natural," Hamid says. "It isn't wrong in the sense that the change can be quite overwhelming, but it's an impulse that's worth interrogating because I'm not sure it serves us particularly well."

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New Interview Series on Bardo and the Art of Living

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New Interview Series on Bardo and the Art of Living

Ann Tashi Slater '84 is launching a series with Tricycle magazine called “Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life.” The interviews will explore how Tibetan bardo wisdom relates to our everyday existence, illuminating new ways of seeing and living. In the first conversation, Ann talks with author Maud Newton about how uncovering the connection between our past and present can help us find lasting happiness. ANCESTOR TROUBLE: A RECKONING AND A RECONCILIATION, Newton's investigation of America’s fascination with genealogy and her obsession with her own family history, has been named one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker and Esquire. (https://tricycle.org/article/maud-newton/)

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“My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living” and “The Myth of Moving On,” an interview with cancer survivor Suleika Jaouad '10, two new pieces by Ann Tashi Slater '84

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“My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living” and “The Myth of Moving On,” an interview with cancer survivor Suleika Jaouad '10, two new pieces by Ann Tashi Slater '84

“My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living,” a Catapult piece about my relationship with my father (Class of '53) and my love of Paris, is a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2021.

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Ann Tashi Slater '84 talks Buddhism and writing on "Life As It Is"

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On the "Life As It Is" podcast, I talked with Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen and Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg about Buddhism in everyday life, my Tibetan family history, my writing, and how THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD teaches us not only to die well but to live well. (https://tricycle.org/podcast/ann-tashi-slater/)

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New Work in WashPost and Tricycle

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New Work in WashPost and Tricycle

I wrote for The Washington Post about what I learned from my son (Class of '22) when he flew back to the nest because of the pandemic (https://wapo.st/3vxQzLG). And in a new piece in Tricycle's Summer issue, I explore how I reconnected with my Tibetan ancestors and myself (https://bit.ly/3fRr2GP). I was recently named a Contributing Editor at Tricycle.

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An essay about a Tibetan saddle rug in Catapult; a New Yorker interview and a Paris Review essay

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In the latest installment of my "Darjeeling Journal" column for Catapult, I explore how a saddle rug I inherited from my Tibetan great-grandfather keeps him--and a vanished Tibet--alive for me (https://bit.ly/3myGV6j).

December marked the 30th anniversary of the death of the great Reinaldo Arenas. Read my New Yorker interview with Arenas (https://bit.ly/3atEr6I) and see my Paris Review essay about Arenas, writers in exile, and Havana (https://bit.ly/3r9uhhP). Also see my piece in the HuffPost: "On Exile and the Longing for Home: Cuban Writer Reinaldo Arenas" (https://bit.ly/2Kpfzm1).

Other Website: http://www.anntashislater.com

Montaigne, Beyond Shangri-la, A Podcast Interview

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In "Montaigne, My Father, and the Art of Living," an essay in Catapult Culture/Books, I explore what I learned from my father--and Montaigne--about how to live well.

In other news, my interview with Oxford professor Clare Harris, "Beyond Shangri-la," appears in the Winter 2020 issue of Tricycle magazine. We discussed Harris’s work on Tibet and photography, and how Tibetans are taking control of the camera.

It was an honor to speak with alum Dr. Anita Gupta on her Health Logic podcast about my experience of serious illness. I read from "Traveling in Bardo," my AGNI essay about the illness and how it related to my Tibetan family history; we then talked about ways the patient perspective can impact the COVID-19 crisis as well as future directions in health care.

Montaigne, My Father, and the Art of Living Essay: https://bit.ly/3foH9e8

Beyond Shangri-la Essay: https://bit.ly/3lXha0a

Health Logic Podcast: https://apple.co/2HnmWZK

AGNI Essay: https://bit.ly/3pQYp0E

Other Website: http://www.anntashislater.com

New work in Catapult and a talk about exploring our family histories

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I have a new piece, "How a Tibetan Turquoise Pendant Keeps Me Close to Home," in the "Darjeeling Journal" series of my Catapult column. It's about the meaning of home and continuity between generations. (https://bit.ly/3jtH5KO)

And on October 26, I gave a talk--"What Our Family Histories Can Teach Us About Ourselves"--sponsored by Princeton Women in Media and Technology and hosted by Caroline Coleman '86. I discussed my journey from Princeton to Darjeeling to Tokyo, how I reconnected with my Tibetan roots, and how we can explore our family histories. (https://bit.ly/2Tq6Gty)

Other Website: http://www.anntashislater.com

My essay on Tibetan bardo/COVID-19/Japanese "ma" in Kyoto Journal

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I'm delighted to have an essay, "In the Cave," in Kyoto Journal 98! This beautiful issue focuses on the Japanese concept of "ma": empty space with creative potential. I wrote about the connection between the Tibetan idea of "bardo" (the interval between death and rebirth, as well as any period when our ordinary reality is suspended), COVID-19, and ma: "The epidemic interval we're experiencing is an in-between like ma, like bardo...space charged with possibility." The issue is available through the Kyoto Journal website: https://bit.ly/32oiEYO

My interview with Iranian-American writer Porochista Khakpour for Guernica, and a writing class at HEC Paris

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I talked with Iranian-American novelist and essayist Porochista Khakpour for Guernica about imagination, creative freedom, and Khakpour’s wonderful new essay collection, BROWN ALBUM. Imagination, Khakpour says, “is an important word for our current moment,...tied to a moral impulse or collective morality, and we need to be able to tap into that.” (https://bit.ly/304R7f3)

Also in July, I was delighted to speak with high school students at HEC Paris about the power of writing, how finding our voices through the written word allows us to explore and engage with ourselves and the world. (https://bit.ly/2WXgsVZ)

Website: http://www.anntashislater.com

Author Ann Tashi Slater ('84) has new work in Catapult and Tricycle

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Author Ann Tashi Slater ('84) has new work in Catapult and Tricycle. She offered a virtual memoir writing workshop in May for Princeton alumni in France and the UK, as well as one for students at The American University of Paris. For more: 
www.anntashislater.com

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