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Daisy Hernández
Daisy Hernández is the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease (Tin House Books, June 2021). She is also the author of A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir and coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. She is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University.
Ringing the Bell
An interview with poet and author Sandra Cisneros on writing, sexuality, and “Buddhalupe”
Personal Reflections Reflections
“Three Legs of the Same Stool”
How journalist Daisy Hernández finds refuge in her practice, her work, and bringing the two together
The Joy of Joy
Why delight in others’ happiness—mudita—matters now
The World Is Here In My Spine
A practitioner takes refuge in posture and finds relief in focusing on the simple, familiar act of sitting upright in difficult times.
The Noble Abode of Equanimity
On not getting swept up in the political storm
Learning to Speak the Truth
A daughter faces her fears and speaks the truth about her mother's once undocumented status.
Finding Refuge in a Time of War
This election cycle had been a condensed version of everything Daisy Hernández learned to fear as a child of immigrants. The difference now is that she has a community.
A Second Arrow Story
Overcoming the tales we tell ourselves about physical pain
Podcasts
Dwelling in the Casita of Equanimity
In this episode of Life As It Is, James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg sit down with Daisy Hernández to reflect on the past two years of the pandemic, her practices of equanimity, and how she finds refuge in times of war.
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Diseases of the Heart
In this episode of Tricycle’s new podcast series, Life As It Is, Tricycle contributing editor Daisy Hernández shares the undertold story of a parasitic disease that disproportionately affects Hispanic communities.
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Inside Tricycle’s Spring 2021 Issue
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Editor and Publisher James Shaheen is joined by three contributors—Seth Zuiho Segall, Daisy Hernández, and Arthur Sze—to take a closer look at our Spring 2021 issue.
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Real Change: Finding Our Refuge in Ourselves
In this episode, Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen sits down with Sharon Salzberg and Daisy Hernández to discuss the personal circumstances that led Sharon and Daisy to Buddhist practice. The author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed and the co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, Daisy is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing Program at Miami University in Ohio. This episode is part of Tricycle Talks’ Real Change podcast series based on Sharon’s new book Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, which offers a new perspective on how activism and meditation practice can uplift each other.
Their conversation is the fourth in the five-part series featuring Sharon’s book and the people in it who are creating change in their communities. Tricycle Talks will be releasing the other episodes throughout the month. Stay tuned to hear our conversation with Arian Moayed—and make sure to check out our episodes with Sharon Salzberg, Shelly Tygielski, and Michael Kink.
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