Noelle Oxenhandler

Noelle Oxenhandler began Buddhist practice in 1970. She lives in Northern California, where she teaches creative nonfiction at Sonoma State University. She is the author of three nonfiction books, and her essays have appeared in many national and literary magazines.

Magazine Body & Mind

The Things We Do to Feel Well

Netflix’s (Un)Well examines the promises of the wellness industry.

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Winter 2020

Magazine Society & Environment

Once She Was Grass

The gentle strength of Know My Name, a memoir by Chanel Miller

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Fall 2020

Magazine Arts & Culture

With Eyes in All Directions

Prominent writer and social critic Rebecca Solnit takes on the whole American mess in Call Them by Their True Names.

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Winter 2018

Magazine Personal Reflections

One Step Removed

Noelle Oxenhandler reviews Tracy Franz’s My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan.

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Fall 2018

A girl sits on a train, stared at by man

Magazine Society & Environment

Mind the Gap

How might Buddhists navigate the #MeToo movement?

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Summer 2018

Magazine

The Face in the Mirror

Noelle Oxenhandler reviews the latest project of Zen priest Ruth Ozeki.

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Fall 2016

Magazine Personal Reflections

Go Bang Your Head Against the Wall

And other strategies for self-help

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Winter 2015

Magazine Arts & Culture

Angry Cops and Shallow Cads

Noelle Oxenhandler on The Angry Buddhist by Seth Greenland

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Winter 2012

Magazine Arts & Culture

In the Middle of Nowhere

An encounter with Peter Hassen’s Artwork

By Noelle Oxenhandler

Fall 2012

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