Meeting the Mentor with Ryan Lee Wong

Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners

Guest

Ryan Lee Wong is author of the novel Which Side Are You On, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. He lived for two years at Ancestral Heart Temple and is the Administrative Director of Brooklyn Zen Center.

Some of Ryan's publications include:

  • Which Side Are You On, his novel published in 2023. 
  • Every Past Life All At Once, a critical essay on the films Past Lives and Everything Everywhere All At Once on The AMP.
  • The Buddha on TV: Nam June Paik's fraught relationship to Buddhism, on PBS: American Masters

Check out his website to read more and stay updated.

IG: @ryanlwong 

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