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GLENN'S BOOK NOTES

These in-depth, thought-provoking, and often funny posts are the brainchild of The Book Barn's very own Glenn. He never fails to make a great recommendation, useful warning or entertaining suggestion!

Apr 15, 2016

116: THE POETRY OF T'AO CH'IEN

#116: THE POETRY OF T’AO CH’IEN.   Chinese poetry begins with two anthologies, the Shih Ching or Book of Songs, and the Ch’u Tz’u, the...

 
Apr 3, 2016

115: TWO BUDDHIST MASTERS: XU YUN

#115:  TWO BUDDHIST MASTERS: XU YUN.  I first ran across Xu Yun in Bill Porter’s book Zen Baggage  (Counterpoint, 2010), one of my very...

 
Dec 18, 2015

114: PLACES TO GO

#114: PLACES TO GO. The recent (2015) Nobel prize for literature having gone to the Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich is...

 
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