Title

Turning the wheel : essays on Buddhism and writing / Charles Johnson.

Author

Johnson, Charles, 1948-

Publication

New York : Scribner, [2003], ©2003.

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Details

Description

xviii, 187 pages; 22 cm

Subjects

• Authorship
• African Americans > Authorship
• Johnson, Charles, 1948- > Authorship
• Buddhism
• African Americans in literature
• Johnson, Charles, 1948- > Religion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-186).

Contents

Reading the Eightfold Path -- The Elusive Art of "Mindfulness" -- Accepting the Invitation -- A Sangha by Another Name -- On the Book of Proverbs -- A Poet of Being -- Toro Nagashi -- The Role of the Black Intellectual in the Twenty-first Century -- Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The Singular Vision of Ralph Ellison -- On Kingsblood Royal -- Progress in Literature -- The Beginner's Mind -- A Phenomenology of On Moral Fiction -- "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" -- An American Milk Bottle.

ISBN

0743243242

LCCN

2002044666

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries