Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (April 2024)
“How Far Would you Travel for Happiness?”–A rich conversation with Marianna Pogosyan for her Psychology Today blog, posted November 8, 2023. “Our constant search for Paradise”—a long interview with the TED Radio Hour, broadcast on November 10, 2023 A long and rich e-mail conversation with Caryl Phillips, on migration and exile, in The Palgrave Handbook […]
Upcoming Events (April 2024)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: April 9 Conversation for Lauren Groff, UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California April 11 Keynote, Convent and Stuart Hall School San Francisco, California April 13 Conversation for Book Passage Book Group (virtual) Corte Madera, California April 16 Conversation with […]
Upcoming Events (October 2023)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: October 25 Conversation for UCSB’s Lifelong Learning InitiativeSanta Barbara, California October 26 Conversation with Walter Isaacson for UCSB A&L Santa Barbara, California October 30 Conversation with the Zen Luminaries series (online) Santa Rosa, California November 6 Keynote, International […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (October 2023)
An hour-long interview with Doug Fabrizio for Radio West on KUER, April 6, 2023. A long talk with the wonderful editor Melvin McLeod for the Lion’s Roar podcast, April 17, 2023, excerpted in the July/August edition of Lion’s Roar. “The Man from Everywhere”—a short essay to introduce the latest book of photography from Basil Pao, […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (April 2023)
“The Vedanta Temple: Our Second, Deeper Home”—a short essay for the Santa Barbara Independent, October 15, 2022 “A Man of Parts”–a review of A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre, for Air Mail, December 3, 2022 A discussion of le Carre, on “Monday Meeting,” the Air Mail podcast, December 5, 2022 My annual […]
Upcoming Events (April 2023)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: April 18 A workshop on Paradise, TEDVancouver, Canada April 22 Two Panels, Los Angeles Times Festival of BooksLos Angeles, California April 27 Conversation with Isabella Rossellini, UCSB Santa Barbara, California May 2 Keynote, Seattle Arts and Lectures at […]
Upcoming Events (November 2022)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: November 6 Conversation with Jennifer Egan, UCSB Arts & LecturesSanta Barbara, California November 9 Onstage conversations, Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah, United Arab Emirates December 3 Keynote Lecture, Bangalore Literature FestivalBangalore, India January 13, 2023 Presentation of The […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (November 2022)
Around Deer’s Slope”–an essay on walking for the book Where My Feet Fall, published by William Collins in Britain and excerpted in Orion, as “Never the Same River Twice,” March 16, 2022 “At a Loss”–an essay on Juzo Itami’s film The Funeral, for a new Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-Ray released on May 17, 2022, […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (March 2022)
“On Travel-Writing”—an interview with Rick Steves, broadcast on public radio stations across the U.S. on November 7, 2021 “The Future of Hope”—a conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert broadcast for the “On Being” show and podcast on public radio stations across the U.S. on November 18, 2021 “Navigating the Poles”—an Opinion piece on traveling between Japan and […]
Upcoming events (March 2022)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: March 2 Conversation with Erik Larson, UCSBSanta Barbara, California March 3 Universal-McCann Client SummitOjai, California March 9-16 Silversea World Cruise 2022Zanzibar-Mahe April 23 Conversation with Krista Tippett, SF City ArtsSan Francisco, California April 29 Keynote lecture, Travel ConMemphis, […]