Author2Author with Gary Gach

Bill welcomes author and translator Gary Gach back to the show. Gary Gach has ten books to his name. He’s author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism, Pause Breathe Smile, and Writers.net; editor of What Book!? – Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation); and translator with Brother Anthony of Taizé of three books of poetry by Ko Un. His work has appeared in over 150 journals and a dozen anthologies, including The Atlantic, Coyote’s Journal, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Hambone, In These Times, Konch, The Nation, The New Yorker, Technicians of the Sacred, Yoga Journal, and Zyzzyva. A student of Vietnamese Zenmaster Thich Nhat Hanh, he’s been hosting Zen Mindfulness Fellowship weekly in San Francisco for 15 years. His most recent co-authored book is Hafiz’s Little Book of Life. You can find him at: GaryGach.com