See Ovid, 19
A Zen practitioner reflects on transformation in the age of COVID-19.
Taylor Plimpton
Taylor Plimpton is the author of a new memoir, My Father's Son. His Tricycle articles "Expressing the Inexpressible" and "See Ovid, 19" were selected as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2018 and The Best American Essays 2021, respectively. He is a student at the Village Zendo in New York City (www.villagezendo.org).
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