Sumeru News

Nick Hunt talks about fiction and purpose in the Anthropocene

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Nick Hunt, whose collection of short stories we published earlier this year (https://sumeru-books.com/products/loss-soup-and-other-stories) was recently interviewed in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine about how fiction, his stories, and the larger work of the Dark Mountain collective, are a way to grapple with the hyperobject that is ecosystem collapse and extinction. You can read the article here: https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6073-a-darkening-terrain.html

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Dosho Port Roshi talks about his new book

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HEAR AN INTERVIEW WITH DOSHO PORT ROSHI ON THE GREAT HEARTLAND BUDDDHIST TEMPLE OF TOLEDO PODCAST HERE: https://thedrinkinggourd.org/interview-with-dosho-port-roshi-going-through-the-mysterys-one-hundred-questions

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Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies reviews of Sumeru books

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Bloom: Buddhist Reflections on Serenity and Love, Ajahn Sona Zen Conversations, Richard Bryan McDaniel Catholicism and Zen, Richard Bryan McDanielThe Driftwood Shrine, John Wolff An American Buddhist Life, Charles Prebish Lotus Petals in the Snow, ed. Tanya McGinnity  

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New and upcoming titles at Sumeru

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Here's a link to the slide deck for my recent presentation at the Buddhist Literary Festival for Canada 2022, about upcoming titles from Sumeru. This was a companion presentation to my earlier talk. Many Sumeru authors also presented at the event! https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2503/2728/files/Sumeru_New_Titles_BLFC_2022.pdf?v=1667925824

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Buddhist Literature in Context

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Here's a link to the slide deck for my recent presentation at the Buddhist Literary Festival for Canada 2022, about how we evaluate Buddhist literature, and also about how modern publishing works.  https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2503/2728/files/Sumeru_BLFC_2022.pdf?v=1667925793

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