NPR's Scott Simon asks Ruth Ozeki about her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness.
September 25, 2021
NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
Author Interviews: Ruth Ozeki Tackles Capitalism, Materialism And Neoliberalism In New Book
Harper's Bazaar (UK): Ruth Ozeki - "Writing novels was not something I felt racially, ethnically or culturally entitled to do."
The Booker-shortlisted author and Zen priest discusses her latest novel The Book of Form and Emptiness, how editing films taught her to tell stories and her decision to change her name to reflect her Japanese heritage.
September 23, 2021
Harper’s Bazaar (UK)
Ruth Ozeki - "Writing novels was not something I felt racially, ethnically or culturally entitled to do."
THE ROAD HOME PODCAST: The Book of FORM AND EMPTINESS with Ruth Ozeki & Ethan Nichtern
Ethan Nichtern and Ruth Ozeki discuss her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, the similarities between writing and meditation, and how to perceive the voices of the object world.
September 21, 2021
Be Here Now Network, The Road Home Podcast
Episode 58: The Book of Form and Emptiness with Ruth Ozeki
MOMS DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ BOOKS PODCAST WITH ZIBBY OWENS
Award-winning writer, professor, and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki joins Zibby to discuss her latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. The two talk about capturing the imagination of children's books for adults, how social norms in every culture determine where the line is drawn between creativity and mental illness, and why Ruth sees books as living things.
September 20, 2021
Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books Podcast
Ruth Ozeki, THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS: A Novel
Lit Hub: "The Writer You Are Is Enough."
“All of my favorite early childhood books were about small writers (girls, boys, spiders) who use writing to resist hegemonic power, question authority, interrogate ‘reality,’ and disrupt the status quo. Needless to say, all the small writers get in trouble for this, but in the end, they prevail.”