Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (July 2020)
“Beneath Us, Beyond Us, Inside Us”—a long introductory essay to the book Masks, by National Geographic photographer Chris Rainier, October 2019 “The Shock of the Old”—an essay on the Naoshima project for the Benesse Art Site Naoshima newsletter, October 2019 “Relative Values”–an essay on Japan and its different relation to reality, for the Times Literary […]
Upcoming events (July 2020)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: October 12 Conversation(online) with Barbara Kingsolver, UCSB Santa Barbara, California December 3 Conversation(online) with Cheryl Strayed, UCSB Santa Barbara, California April 4-9, 2021 TED Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia April 12 Conversation with Parul Sehgal, Greg Cowles, Chapman U. Orange, […]
Upcoming events (October 2019)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: October 3 Conversation with Philip Glass, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California October 6 Public interview, Live Talks L.A., Santa Monica, California October 7 Reading, Laguna Beach Books, Orange County, California October 9 Reading, Book Passage, Corte Madera, California October 10 […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (October 2019)
“Japan still inhabits its own ancestral universe”–An essay on Japan for TIME magazine, April 22, 2019 “With New Emperor, Japan Enters the Era of `Joyful Harmony’ “—An Op-Ed on the ascent of a new Emperor in Japan, World Post, Berggruen Institute—April 26, 2019 “The beautiful art-filled Japanese islands left behind by the modern world”—An essay […]
Pico Iyer on Love, Life and Mortality – Live at #ISF 2019
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A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, Asia Society, New York
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Pico Iyer in conversation with Aimee Liu at Live Talks, Los Angeles
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At Home in the World, #ZEEJLF at BL
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Upcoming events (April 2019)
If you’re interested in hearing Pico Iyer speak, here are a few dates and places to try: March 28 Lecture, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Richmond, Virginia April 4 Glen and Julie Flynn Lecture, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island April 17 Public Interview by Kurt Andersen, Live at the NYPL New York, New York April 18 […]
Some Recent Pieces of Iyer (April 2019)
“A Land Apart”—a short essay on why Japan is the Destination of 2019, in Travel & Leisure, December 2018. “Home, Sweet, Temporary Home”—an essay on Tenzing Dakpa’s series of photographs, “The Hotel,” for Aperture magazine, Winter 2018. “The Reel World”—a short essay on seeing movies around the world for Airbnb Magazine, January 2019. “In the […]