Self in Translation
Polly Barton’s Fifty Sounds blows open ideas of a stable self and the supposed impediments of language.
Books
The Border States of Compassion
Akil Kumarasamy’s debut novel asks how we can truly understand another’s pain—and at what cost.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
Can Language Shape Human Experience?
A new book considers 177 classical Indian terms for emotions—from simmering wrath to six kinds of compassion—to explore how Buddhist texts expand our capacity to feel.
The Difference Between Attachment and Love
In her new book, The Heroic Heart: Awakening Unbound Compassion, Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo explains a difficult distinction.
Time in Exile: A Review of “We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies”
In her debut novel, Tibetan-Canadian writer Tsering Yangzom Lama asks if the only cure to exile is a return home.
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
Khache Phalu’s Advice: How a Muslim Text Became a Tibetan Bestseller
The book is still read, memorized, and most importantly, widely quoted, today.
Tricycle’s Summer Reading List: 7 Books to Read This Season
From ancient Buddhist stories to new novels with Buddhist settings or themes, this summer reading list has something for everyone.
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