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How COVID lockdowns drove travel writer Pico Iyer to think of paradise Writer Pico Iyer on the train in Varanasi, 2016.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Pico Iyer flew in from Japan to visit his former hometown of Santa Barbara on Wednesday afternoon. The author didn't waste any time relaxing, Iyer got right to work at a book ...
Renowned travel writer and author Pico Iyer reflects on how different cultures and peoples see life and death and find their own versions of happiness and paradise.
The quintessential global wanderer, Pico Iyer has published two books on Japan this year: Autumn Light and A Beginner's Guide to Japan. After 30-plus years in Japan, Iyer can use everything from anime ...
Writer Pico Iyer discusses his new book, "The Man Within My Head." Everyone has the voice they hear in their head. Maybe it’s a nagging mother or a stern teacher.
The renowned Pico Iyer has been celebrated as “one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time” (Brain Pickings) and “a secularist with a searcher’s heart” (LitHub). With books translated ...
Pico Iyer visits Iran, Sri Lanka, Japan and India in his latest book, which is part memoir, part travelogue, part philosophy. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images) ...
After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, where he found comfort and compassion in solitude. His new memoir is Aflame.
It might be said that the seeds for the popular Speaking with Pico series first sprouted in a class at UCSB. Religious Studies professor Nandini Iyer (Pico Iyer’s late mother) had former Arts & ...
In Pico Iyer's latest book, "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells," he finds himself once again in Japan — for decades his chosen second home.