I talked with Elizabeth Gilbert about her new book, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER, aligning with your true nature, and why she isn't done learning and growing. This is the latest conversation in my series about bardo and the art of living in @tricyclemag.bsky.social. tricycle.org/article/find...

NYC friends — I’d love to see you tonight! 📍 6 PM at Rizzoli Bookstore (1133 Broadway) I’ll be talking with Dani Shapiro about TRAVELING IN BARDO, with Q&A and signing. #authorevent #nycevents

In one week, TRAVELING IN BARDO launches! Join me for an event in NYC, online, or the Bay Area. Columbia will be in person/online, and California Institute of Integral Studies is fully online. Seating is limited - register now! Details, RSVPs, and pre-order: www.anntashislater.com/traveling-in...

NYC friends — I’ll be at Rizzoli Bookstore Sept 10 with Dani Shapiro to launch my new book, TRAVELING IN BARDO. Would love to see you there! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/traveling-...

I'm thrilled to share these words from Bianca Bosker, whose curiosity, wit, and brilliance are an inspiration! Deep gratitude for her generous support. TRAVELING IN BARDO comes out Sept 9 from Balance/Hachette. Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t...

Excited to be in conversation with Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen at Tibet House on Sept 16! Thank you to Tricycle and Tibet House for hosting this special evening. 🙏 @tricyclemag.bsky.social Register here: tricycle.org/events/trave...

✨My book tour! 9.10 Rizzoli w/ Dani Shapiro 9.12 Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia U, w/ Lauran Hartley 9.16 Tibet House w/ James Shaheen 9.18 CA Institute of Integral Studies w/ Fernando Ona 9.27 Book Passage, Corte Madera, w/ Sylvia Boorstein RSVP: www.anntashislater.com/traveling-in...

The finished copies of TRAVELING IN BARDO have arrived! I couldn't have done it without my faithful writing assistant. Out Sept. 9 from Balance/Hachette—and available now for pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t... #TravelinginBardo #booknews

Melissa Febos is one of the fiercest, most brilliant writers I know, with a gift for seeing straight to the heart of things. I'm grateful for her generous words about TRAVELING IN BARDO. @melissafebos.bsky.social Out 9/9 from Balance/Hachette! Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t...

Thrilled to see TRAVELING IN BARDO in Lion's Roar's "Books in Brief," and grateful to be in such good company! @lionsroar.com Read here: www.lionsroar.com/books-in-bri... TRAVELING IN BARDO is coming September 9 from Balance/Hachette. Pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t...

Honored and thrilled to share these words from Sharon Salzberg, whose profound, beautiful teachings have shaped my journey. @sharonsalzberg.bsky.social TRAVELING IN BARDO comes out September 9 from Balance/Hachette. Pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t... #sharonsalzberg #bardo

A midday moment for stillness and reflection, in the midst of a constantly changing world. #tokyodiaries #impermanence #payattention #howtolive #mindfullife #lifetransformation #artofliving #changeyourstory #authenticliving #betweenspaces #intentionallife #creativelife #creativelifestyle

Deepest gratitude to Elizabeth Gilbert for her generous words about TRAVELING IN BARDO, which capture so much of what I hoped my book might offer. I'm sharing an excerpt here--full version in the thread below. @lizgilbert.bsky.social

End of week. Still lots to do with deadlines looming, but my writing assistant reminds me what it's all about: moving through the world with gratitude and joy (especially after a walk). Have a great weekend! #dogmuse #gratitudepractice #impermanence #travelinginbardo #artofliving

It's such an honor to receive these words from one of my literary heroes. Sandra Cisneros has long been an inspiration to me and I'm so grateful for her support of my book! TRAVELING IN BARDO launches September 9 and is available for pre-order now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t...

I've admired Dani Shapiro for a long, long time, and it's a dream come true to see her name on the cover of my book. Thank you Dani, beautiful soul and fellow bardo traveler, for your stunning foreword. Can't wait for you all to read it! TRAVELING IN BARDO, coming Sept. 9 from Balance/Hachette.

Thrilled and honored that TRAVELING IN BARDO has been selected as a September 2025 "Must Read" by the Next Big Idea Club -- curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink! @nextbigidea.bsky.social #nextbigideaclub #travelinginbardo #mustread #nonfictionbooks #howtolive

I talked with poet and writer Maggie Smith about finding possibility in between-states and the freedom of having your life implode. Illustration by Harriet Lee-Merrion. @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social @tricyclemag.bsky.social tricycle.org/article/on-n... #creativelife #authorinterview

It's a wrap! Just finished recording the audiobook for TRAVELING IN BARDO: THE ART OF LIVING IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD (Hachette 9/9). To pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t... “A rich and freewheeling meditation on life, death, and impermanence.” – Publishers Weekly #audiobook

My book, TRAVELING IN BARDO: THE ART OF LIVING IN AN IMPERMANENT WORLD (Hachette, 9/9), is available for pre-order! "A rich and freewheeling meditation on life, death, and impermanence." - Publisher's Weekly Pre-order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-t... @hachetteus.bsky.social

I talked with Anderson Cooper about loss, grief, and moving forward. Read our conversation at @tricyclemag.bsky.social. (Thanks to @fmr-h.bsky.social for sharing!)

"From a young age, I understood that nothing lasts,” Anderson Cooper told me. We talked about loss, grief, and how we can find our way forward in a world of impermanence. tricycle.org/article/ande... @tricyclemag.bsky.social #AllThereIs #Impermanence #LivingWithLoss

Happy Mother's Day! #mothersday2025 #mothersanddaughters #mothersandsons #lifeisbeautiful

I talked with best-selling author Katherine May about how we can forge our path in the face of the changes and endings that life inevitably brings. This is the latest in my Tricycle interview series about bardo and the art of living. @tricyclemag.bsky.social

How can we see our everyday world in new ways? I talked about this with Bianca Bosker, author of the best-selling GET THE PICTURE, an exploration of how art can "knock our brains off their axes." This is my latest interview for @tricyclemag.bsky.social about bardo & the art of living. #livelifenow

Losar Tashi Delek! This is my favorite photo of my family celebrating Tibetan New Year on Observatory Hill in Darjeeling, almost 100 years ago. My grandmother is third from the right. Happy Year of the Snake! #tibetannewyear #darjeelingdiaries #familyhistory #thingsiwantoremember

Hard at work, with the help of my writing assistant. Here he is under my study chair in a state of deep concentration. #amwriting #dogmuse

Happy New Year! Ringing in 2025 at the neighborhood temple with my writing assistant. #tokyo

My Tibetan grandparents dancing on Christmas Day 1960, at the Windamere Hotel in Darjeeling. "Everyone said there’s never been a dancer like your grandfather," my grandmother used to tell me. "I was very proud to be on his arm." #artofliving #darjeelingdiaries #familyhistory

Winter solstice is a bardo between-space, a point between darkness and light, a time of endings and beginnings. #mtfuji #tokyo #bardo #impermanence #wintersolstice2024 #impermanence #betweenspaces #liminalspaces #rebirth #artofliving #whatmatters #globalshift

What happens when the world we know ends? I talked about this with Cheryl Strayed, who searched for answers after her mother's death. In WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, and her other work, Strayed explores accepting change. @cherylstrayed.bsky.social @tricyclemag.bsky.social

In "Why Change Shouldn't Surprise Us," I talk with Malcolm Gladwell about the possibility for dramatic reversals and how to deal with uncertainty: bit.ly/3Ds7VSZ. @tricyclemag.bsky.social #tricycledailydharma #bardoandartofliving

Thrilled and honored to be in such great company!

34 years ago, the great Reinaldo Arenas died. In this @newyorker.com conversation, he talked with me about existing in a liminal space after escaping to the U.S. from Cuba in 1980. He said, "Every person who lives outside his context is always a bit of a ghost..." #bardo #betweenspaces #cubanwriter

Thinking of my Tibetan grandmother, who died 20 years ago. In the first photo, she's teaching me how to roller-skate at the Gymkhana Club in Darjeeling, India. In the second photo, we're having tea in her living room forty years later. #familyhistory #asianamericanstories #grandmotherlove

I talked with Malcolm Gladwell about the possibility for dramatic reversals, how to deal with uncertainty, and what it means to belong to a community. This is the latest in my series about bardo and the art of living. Read the interview here: tricycle.org/article/malc... @tricyclemag.bsky.social

Fall colors at Ryōan-ji Temple, Kyoto.