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Charles Johnson
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Is That So?
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Love, Wisdom, and Dr. King
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May Our Grandchildren Break Free
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Turning Word
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The Dharma and the Artist’s Eye
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How Art Can Liberate Our Perception
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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, novelist and cartoonist Charles Johnson discusses his path to writing and why he believes that art should free us from habitual ways of viewing the world.
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Wisdom for My Grandson
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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen sat down with Charles “Chuck” Johnson to discuss his latest work, Grand: A Grandparent’s Wisdom for the Next Generation, a book of advice for his grandson, Emery. Much of the advice is rooted in Buddhist wisdom.
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