On the Seawall
An essay on Frank Rosenblatt, an essay on Froberger, and a poem, in Ron Slate's On the Seawall.
Read: Frank Rosenblatt in Passing: The Rebirth of the Mimetic Impulse
In Tricycle
His essays in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, on old age, pain, memory and the sages; the list follows the magazine.
Winter Light
Five essays on old age as its own time of life, told through Titian, Beethoven, Cézanne and others.
The Oceans of Cruelty
Twenty-five tales from India, retold: a young king, a corpse-spirit and the dark power of stories.
The Prince's Tomb
Fragments, verses and riddles invoking Prince Shōtoku, the visionary regent of early Japan.
The Age of Waiting
Heart traces and song lines for an age that waits: hints and promptings toward other ways of seeing.
De krijgsliederen van koning Gesar
The Dutch edition of The Warrior Song of King Gesar (Asoka, 2016).
Buy on Amazon: De krijgsliederen van koning Gesar (opens Amazon)
A Terrace in Rome
Translator
Pascal Quignard's novel of a seventeenth-century engraver, in its first English translation.
The Wanderer
Eleven poems, prose and hybrid pieces on movement, chance encounters, tales and songs.
Dreamers and Their Shadows
Two forged scrolls, a fifteenth-century teacher, and the American assistant drawn into their world.
Crossings on a Bridge of Light
Gesar rides through the realms of life and death to free his mother, and sees the rulers of Shambhala.
Buy on Amazon: Crossings on a Bridge of Light (opens Amazon)
Journey of the North Star
A eunuch at the court of the Yongle Emperor tells of a China remade as a world power.
The Brilliance of Naked Mind
Secret visions, songs and prayers from the Gesar epic, and an account of the rulers of Shambhala.
Gesar de Ling
French pocket edition of the Gesar cycle (Points Sagesses, 2008).
Gesar de Ling
French edition of The Warrior Song of King Gesar (Guy Trédaniel, 2003).
Ashoka's Dream
Librettist
The libretto of Peter Lieberson's opera on the Emperor Ashoka, premiered at the Santa Fe Opera.
The Warrior Song of King Gesar
The saga of Gesar, King of Ling, from the hardships of his youth to his great battles against the enemies of the four directions.
Buy on Amazon: The Warrior Song of King Gesar (opens Amazon)
King Gesar
Librettist / text
Peter Lieberson's King Gesar on Sony Classical, with Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin.
Essays on life and age
Winter Light
Five essays on old age as its own time of life, told through Titian, Beethoven, Cézanne and others.
The Age of Waiting
Heart traces and song lines for an age that waits: hints and promptings toward other ways of seeing.
Novels
Dreamers and Their Shadows
Two forged scrolls, a fifteenth-century teacher, and the American assistant drawn into their world.
Journey of the North Star
A eunuch at the court of the Yongle Emperor tells of a China remade as a world power.
The Gesar of Ling cycle
Crossings on a Bridge of Light
Gesar rides through the realms of life and death to free his mother, and sees the rulers of Shambhala.
Buy on Amazon: Crossings on a Bridge of Light (opens Amazon)
The Brilliance of Naked Mind
Secret visions, songs and prayers from the Gesar epic, and an account of the rulers of Shambhala.
The Warrior Song of King Gesar
The saga of Gesar, King of Ling, from the hardships of his youth to his great battles against the enemies of the four directions.
Buy on Amazon: The Warrior Song of King Gesar (opens Amazon)
Other editions
Gesar de Ling
French pocket edition of the Gesar cycle (Points Sagesses, 2008).
Gesar de Ling
French edition of The Warrior Song of King Gesar (Guy Trédaniel, 2003).
Retellings and translations
The Oceans of Cruelty
Twenty-five tales from India, retold: a young king, a corpse-spirit and the dark power of stories.
The Prince's Tomb
Fragments, verses and riddles invoking Prince Shōtoku, the visionary regent of early Japan.
A Terrace in Rome
Translator
Pascal Quignard's novel of a seventeenth-century engraver, in its first English translation.
Other editions
De krijgsliederen van koning Gesar
The Dutch edition of The Warrior Song of King Gesar (Asoka, 2016).
Buy on Amazon: De krijgsliederen van koning Gesar (opens Amazon)
Poems and shorter work
In Tricycle
His essays in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, on old age, pain, memory and the sages; the list follows the magazine.
On the Seawall
An essay on Frank Rosenblatt, an essay on Froberger, and a poem, in Ron Slate's On the Seawall.
Read: Frank Rosenblatt in Passing: The Rebirth of the Mimetic Impulse
The Wanderer
Eleven poems, prose and hybrid pieces on movement, chance encounters, tales and songs.
Opera, music and film
Also: the two-part series on the Tibetan Book of the Dead for the National Film Board of Canada, narrated by Leonard Cohen, written by Douglas Penick. Not for sale here; see the story.
Ashoka's Dream
Librettist
The libretto of Peter Lieberson's opera on the Emperor Ashoka, premiered at the Santa Fe Opera.
King Gesar
Librettist / text
Peter Lieberson's King Gesar on Sony Classical, with Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin.