Ethan Nichtern

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Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher, and the author of The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path (Farrar, Straus and Giroux - North Point, 2015). The Road Home was selected as one of Library Journal's Best Books of 2015,[1] and was named as one of 9 Books That Define 2015 by Tech Insider.[2] His next book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, The Dharma of The Princess Bride, was released in September 2017.

Nichtern is also the author of One City: A Declaration of Interdependence (Wisdom Publications 2007) as well as various poetry and fiction. He is also the founder of the Interdependence Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to secular Buddhist study as it applies to activism, arts and media projects, and Western psychology. Nichtern has taught meditation and Buddhist psychology classes and retreats across North America since 2002. He is based in New York City.

Nichtern has discussed the relevance of Buddhism in the 21st century on ABC/Yahoo News,[3] CNN with Rick Sanchez,[4] NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin,[5] Dan Harris of ABC News, Sally Singer with Vogue.com,[6] in The New York Times,[7] and in other news outlets.

Nichtern is the son of musician/composer David Nichtern, who is also a Buddhist teacher, and Janice Ragland, a painter who later became a psychotherapist. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1978 and raised in New York City. On June 18, 2016, he married Marissa Dutton.[8]

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  1. ^ Nelson, Elizabeth; French, Liz; Sanderson, Derek; Shea, Erin; Sendaula, Stephanie; Verma, Henrietta (11 November 2015). "Best books 2015:Core nonfiction". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ Baer, Drake (8 December 2015). "9 books that defined 2015". Tech Insider. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ Haines, Sara (8 May 2014). "If it's easy, you're cheating". Up for Anything. Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Interview with Ethan Nichtern". CNN. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: Drop Buddha, try Jesus". NPR. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ Singer, Sally (1 April 2014). "How to meditate 2.0: Vogue's Sally Singer commits to ten minutes of daily silence". Vogue.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ Copage, Eric V (18 June 2015). "A father and son embrace meditation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ Copage, Eric V (8 July 2016). "Practicing the perfections of meditation, and love". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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