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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, ...
How Silence Improves Pico Iyer’s Life
How to Listen. For decades, starting in 1991 after his house in Santa Barbara burned to the ground, the travel writer and ...
Pico Iyer’s new book Aflame explores silence and gratitude: ‘It’s great to be liberated from oneself’
Pico Iyer, in Aflame, reflects on solitude, gratitude, the necessity of silence, and interconnectedness, promoting a ...
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Years ago, writer Pico Iyer lost everything in a wildfire. This is what he learned
Southern California families who have lost everything the in recent wildfires are reckoning with what it means to start over. Writer Pico Iyer's eerily timed memoir, Aflame: Learning from Silence ...