“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Son”—a review of Nick Harkaway’s novel Karla’s Choice, published in Air Mail, October 21, 2024 “The Moving River”—a short essay on my 37 years in Japan to go with Magdalena Sole’s series of seven artist’s books chronicling her 33 years of visits to the country—October 2024. “The Zendo called the World”—an essay […]

If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: Jan. 27 Conversation about Aflame, Zen Luminaries Podcast Online Jan. 28 Conversation around Aflame, Vroman’s Books Pasadena, California Jan. 30 Conversation on Aflame, Books and Books and others Online Feb. 23 Conversation with Richard Powers, UCSB Santa Barbara, […]

If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: September 14 Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder Boulder, Colorado Sept.  16 Conversation with Katherine Bucknell, Huntington Lib. San Marino, California Sept. 22 Keynote, Trinity Church Wall Street New York, New York Sept. 23-Oct. 12 Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College Hanover, […]

“Leave Your Ideas—and Ideologies—Behind”–an essay on how travel can help us overcome our prejudices, for the new magazine in India, The Nod, May 2024 “Calm Behind the Clamour”–an essay on the new Six Senses, Kyoto and the city around it—Conde Nast Traveller (U.K.), July/August 2024 “Prague’s Second Act”–a longish account of the capital of the […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

“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 […]

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 […]