414Z Spring 2026 Fall for the Book: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World

414Z  Fall for the Book: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World
One session
Instructor: Ann Tashi Slater
Coordinators: Suzy Rigdon, Kate Lewis
Tuesday, 9:40—11:05, Apr. 14
The author discusses her book Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, which draws on Tibetan Buddhist teachings to explore how we move through life’s inevitable transitions and losses. Using stories of family, creativity, and everyday change, she examines the concept of bardo—the space between endings and beginnings. Her perspective offers a way to navigate life’s shifts with clarity and purpose. Elizabeth Gilbert calls the book “Brilliant and compassionate, philosophical and practical…Both gemstone and touchstone, this book is a gift."
Ann Tashi Slater contributes to The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, Oprah Daily, Guernica, Granta, The Best American Essays, and others. Her speaking and teaching engagements include Princeton, Columbia, Oxford, The American University of Paris, the Rubin Museum of Art, and Asia Society.