MY POSTWAR LIFE

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TOMO: FRIENDSHIP THROUGH FICTION

On March 11th, 2012, the anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Stone Bridge Press will be releasing Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction, an anthology whose proceeds go to help teenagers affected by the tsunami. All Tomo proceeds go to teenagers affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. An excerpt from “Jet Black and the Ninja Wind” appears in this anthology. Book description …

SHAMBHALA SUN

Leza’s poems and an essay from “Best Buddhist Writing 2011″/Shambhala Sun is featured on POETS ON ADOPTION Leza’s poem “Waiting” from Yoga Heart featured in Daily Downward Dog. Listen to Leza interviewed about poetry, yoga, transformation and world peace on Blog Talk Radio by Kim McMillon on June 21. 2011

THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2011

To purchase from Amazon, please click here. The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 features Leza’s story on adopting her Japanese son. The anthology is a thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year. The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 (Shambhala Publishers) includes:   • His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s manifesto on tolerance • Dzogchen Ponlop on …

ONE-LEGGED KING PIGEON

Leza’s Poem One-Legged King Pigeon appears in Visiting Dr. Williams: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of William Carlos Williams. Edited by Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro (University of Iowa Press). A foreword by poet and Williams biographer Paul Mariani places this revolutionary physician-poet in understandable context, an introduction, by editors Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro provides further understanding …