Judge David D. Weinzweig wrote Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing because he is a self-described “suffering reader.” The vice chief judge of Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals has ...

I'm finding that those who spend a lot of time staring at walls "to gain enlightenment" are not pushy people. What works for them may not work for everyone (not to mention that they're not trying to ...

In her new memoir, Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home (Shambhala, June), acclaimed teacher and author Natalie Goldberg—a longtime practitioner of Zen Buddhism—writes of finding her way through ...

The Zen of Proposal Writing: An Expert’s Stress-Free Path to Winning Proposals. By Kitta Reeds (Three Rivers Press, 223 pages, $13). Writing a proposal for a government contract and the Japanese tea ...

This is FRESH AIR. The publication of Peter Matthiessen's final novel "In Paradise" is coinciding with his obituary. He died Saturday at the age of 86. We're going to listen back to an excerpt of my ...