Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing

By Charles R. Johnson

Book Overview

"Were it not for the Buddhadharma, says Charles Johnson in his preface to Turning the Wheel, "I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743243242
• ISBN13: 9780743243247
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A Reader's Feast

This book, a collection of essays on Buddhadharma, race, and writing in America, is vintage Johnson: the essays are wise, funny, and genuinely erudite. As a spiritual writer, as a critic of predominent intellectual trends in American culture, and as a careful and intelligent arbiter in the on-going reconstruction of American identity, Johnson offers clear and memorable essays on an astonishing variety of topics. My two favorites are "A Phenomenology of ON MORAL FICTION" and "An American Milk Bottle." This book is a reader's feast.