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Lorena Cassady

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Born
in Greenwich, CT, The United States
March 20

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Lorena Cassady was born in Greenwich, Connecticut and now lives in Oaxaca, Mexico.

A former Zen Buddhist nun whose new book EVERY BUDDHA, SAME PRICE records her misadventures at Kim Son Monastery and Plum Village, France, 25 years ago. A spiritual travel book that well documents the ironies, pitfalls, joys and slapstick stumbles of life in the monastery.

https://amzn.to/2LOrjw0

Some publication credits: Articles, reviews, excerpts, and poetry in several journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Travelers' Tales, Bomb Magazine, In Celebration of the Muse, Smoke, East Bay Express and Santa Cruz Express. Previously published books are: Smoker , poetry (1983), Hair Suit, a picaresque memoir (1987). Her Perilous Journey, 2015 and 2018. Dark
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Lorena Cassady Thanks for the question, Victoria! I'm going to change my bio! It's an old habit from the days when I spent more time every year in the States. I move…moreThanks for the question, Victoria! I'm going to change my bio! It's an old habit from the days when I spent more time every year in the States. I moved to Mexico at the end of a process of becoming bilingual and realizing that I loved the place after many visits to Chiapas and Oaxaca. It is the most evocative and fascinating place I've ever been. I am surrounded by Zapotec and Mixtec ruins, 17th century churches, beautiful art and architecture, and many vibrant indigenous cultures. I also found that I need some distance from my own culture to stay sane.(less)
Lorena Cassady That's an interesting question because I struggled with the genre problem. Memoirists told me I had to tell the truth and nothing but the truth (which…moreThat's an interesting question because I struggled with the genre problem. Memoirists told me I had to tell the truth and nothing but the truth (which is an unexamined proposition, since no one is endowed with perfect, factual memory) and fiction did not define what I was doing since something over 50% of the book was memoir and a record of historical events. I call "Her Perilous Journey" a picaresque memoir because that's what it is, and for me it honestly represents what the reader should expect. Hope I answered your question.(less)
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“I met Rob in Austin, Texas. He was hitchhiking to California and I was driving to California, so it seemed like a perfect match. He had long blond hair and blue eyes and golden skin and so did I. It was like falling in love with myself.”
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“I saw the priest take note of the time. What time was it? Then I felt his finger on my forehead. And I realized, whatever time it was, that it was the last moment of my life as an Episcopalian.”
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“When you got back to his apartment, the flamenco dancers were still stomping around in the restaurant upstairs. Moriarity pushed a bottle of cheap Sauterne and sliced salami across the kitchen table. A large cockroach fell from the top of the refrigerator and landed with a click on the scarred linoleum floor. You lifted both your feet and curled your toes.”
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“I met Rob in Austin, Texas. He was hitchhiking to California and I was driving to California, so it seemed like a perfect match. He had long blond hair and blue eyes and golden skin and so did I. It was like falling in love with myself.”
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“The history of the United States is a history of settler colonialism—the founding of a state based on the ideology of white supremacy, the widespread practice of African slavery, and a policy of genocide and land theft.”
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message 6: by Freya

Freya Barrington Hi Lorena,

My latest book, Gozo Is the Grass Greener has just been released.

Check it out here on Goodreads;

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Or visit my blogsite;

www.gozoisthegrassgreener.blogspot.com

Gozo is one of the Maltese islands and currently very popular and topical due to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt making a movie there!

Many thanks Lorena -

All the best

Freya


Melinda Thank you Lorena for your friendship. I look forward to reading your reviews. Pleasure to meet you, I look forward to discussing books and much more! Happy reading Lorena! ~Melinda


message 4: by Jacob

Jacob Thanks for adding me, Lorena. I like your goal, although I have to admit I set aside Don Quixote earlier this year to focus on some other books and, um, haven't returned to it yet. Don't worry, I haven't given up or anything! But your picaresque project might be the thing that helps motivate me to get back to it :)


s.penkevich [hiatus-will return-miss you all] Thank you for the friend request and the kind words! Looking forward to discussing with you.


ReemK10 (Paper Pills) Thank you for the friend request. :)


message 1: by Jill

Jill Thanks for your friendship here on GRs, Lorena.


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