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.

Diseases of the Heart

With Daisy Hernández

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 

With Seth Zuiho Segall, Daisy Hernández, and Arthur Sze

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 

With Daisy Hernández

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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