{"product_id":"turning-the-wheel-essays-on-buddhism-and-writing-9781416572435","title":"Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this collection of provocative and intimate essays, Johnson writes of the profound connection between Buddhism and creativity, and of the role of Eastern philosophy in the quest for a free and thoughtful life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Were it not for the Buddhadharma,\" says Charles Johnson in his preface to \u003ci\u003eTurning the Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, \"I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully negotiate my last half century of life in this country. Or at least not with a high level of creative productivity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1926 W. E. B. Du Bois asked African Americans what they would most want were the color line miraculously forgotten. In \u003ci\u003eTurning the Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnson sets out to explore this question by examining his experiences both as a writer and as a practitioner of Buddhism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe looks at basic Buddhist principles and practices, demonstrating how Buddhism is both the most revolutionary and most civilized of possible human choices. He discusses fundamental Buddhist practices such as the Eightfold Path, Taming the Mind, and Sangha and illuminates their place in the American Civil Rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohnson moves from spiritual guides to spiritual nourishment: writing. In essays touching on the role of the black intellectual, \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ralph Ellison, Johnson uses tools of Buddhist thinking to clarify difficult ideas. Powerful and revelatory, these essays confirm that writing and reading, along with Buddhism, are the basic components that make up a thoughtful life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416572435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Charles Johnson is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. A MacArthur fellow, his fiction includes \u003ci\u003eNight Hawks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. King's Refrigerator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreamer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaith and the Good Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the National Book Award. In 2002 he received the Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44784459645043,"sku":"9781416572435","price":19.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cc1605ea-4b9b-40e1-8cde-e494a64c5ee5.jpg?v=1776257181","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/turning-the-wheel-essays-on-buddhism-and-writing-9781416572435","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}