Alaska's great wide open: Anything is possible Oct 27, 2009
Correspondent and author Pico Iyer -- "not an outdoors person" -- pays his first visit to Alaska as the state celebrates its 50th anniversary. He determines he has entered "the realm of the possible," a land that almost forces its inhabitants to dream big. (Anchorage Daily News)
Nobel Peace Prize winners Oct 22, 2009
See also The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer (2008), In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teaching and Philosophy (2008) and Becoming Enlightened (2009). The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma s Prisoner of Conscience (2007). (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
* The Dalai Lama is no bogeyman Sep 18, 2009
Pico Iyer, who has studied the Dalai Lama over the decades, says: the Dalai Lama has always been adept at pointing out, logically, how Tibets interests and Chinas converge X bringing geopolitics and Buddhist principles together. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
A street date on College Avenue, Berkeley Aug 27, 2009
2644 Ashby Ave. (at College Avenue): This metaphysical and inspirational bookstore, run by proprietor Yvonne Lewin for 45 years, includes titles such as "The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama" by Pico Iyer and "The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life" by Twyla Tharp. (510) 843-4491. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
10 things every traveler should do Jun 26, 2009
Pico Iyer has written nine books, including "Video Night in Kathmandu" and "The Open Road," a record of his 34 years of talks and travels with the 14th Dalai Lama. He lives in rural Japan and Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime sweetheart. (CNN -- Travel)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers April 19 / Apr 20, 2009
THE OPEN ROAD, Pico Iyer (Vintage; 288 pages; $14. 95): The travel writer takes the measure of the Dalai Lama. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In exile 50 years, will the Dalai Lama ever return to Tibet? Mar 10, 2009
The Dalai Lama, however, considers his return as "the least important question," says Pico Iyer, who recently published a book based on a series of conversations with the Tibetan leader. "He says that his only real concern is the welfare of the 6 million Tibetans.". (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Leonard Cohen on the road, for reasons practical and spiritual Feb 25, 2009
That may not be surprising, coming from an artist whose best-known songs mingle sacred concerns with the secular and the sexual and sound like "collaborations between Jacques Brel and Thomas Merton," as the novelist Pico Iyer put it. "There's a similarity in the quality of the daily life" on the road and in the monastery, Cohen said. (International Herald Tribune)
* [SOFTCOVER: INDIA] Going to lots of places and none at all Feb 22, 2009
On the other hand, there are endorsements by travel-writing giants Jan Morris and Pico Iyer on the cover. Morris says Jacob is a natural cosmopolitan and possesses a fresh and wonderfully infectious enthusiasm, while Iyer agrees, pointing out that he combines cosmopolitanism and innocence K authority and vulnerability. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Obama's Oahu Feb 8, 2009
Nast Traveler contributor Pico Iyer first encountered Obama, an experience he recalls fondly: "To meet the future president in a little shack over celestial avocado burgers is something you couldn't hope for at the Four Seasons or La Tour d'Argent" (66-160 Kamehameha Hwy. 808-637-6067; burgers, $7 $9). (Concierge.com)
