I contributed two pieces to The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays: "Traveling in Bardo" (an illness I experienced as a bardo) and "Calcutta Evening" (a journey to reconnect with my Tibetan roots.) I’m honored to be in the company of so many wonderful writers.

“I have been waiting over the years for a collection of groundbreaking and current Tibetan essays, and this book delivers and then some. Vital and mind-blowing at the same time.” — Gary Shteyngart

“What is desire? And what are its rules? In this daring collection, award-winning and emerging female writers share their innermost longings...” In my essay, I look at Buddhism and desire through the lens of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and my own search for self. “Slater’s essay underscores what’s at stake when women write about desire: self-determination and the realization of their full humanity.” (Ploughshares)

A “Talk of the Town” piece about The Manuscript Writing Cafe in Tokyo. You can only enter the cafe if you have a deadline and you can’t leave until you’ve met your goal.

This is what happened when my son flew back to the nest from college because of COVID-19. “We fell into familiar rhythms — meals together, walks around the city, long talks — but with one big difference: My son is now an adult. He’s also part of the politically aware generation born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s that includes environmental activist Greta Thunberg and gun control advocate Emma González.”