Killing the Buddha

allah in the family

 
 

Paul W. Morris

Paul W. Morris was an editor at Viking Penguin and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review before becoming a freelance gun for hire. He’s killed time at Entertainment Weekly and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia staring into the abyss, but nothing stared back. His work has appeared in several anthologies and numerous magazines. He is currently the General Manager of Digital Media at BOMB Magazine, based in Brooklyn, New York.

exegesis
Crumb’s Genesis

Crumb’s Genesis

by Paul W. Morris

Keep on truckin’ in the Garden of Eden.

dogma
Ouga Chaka Zen

Ouga Chaka Zen

by Paul W. Morris

With a pie in the face or a poke in the eye, the rhyme and reason of Buddhism remains as elusive as ever.

exegesis
Signs of the Father

Signs of the Father

by Paul W. Morris

Has God been reduced to cinematic sleights-of-hand?

damNation
Unbearable Lightness

Unbearable Lightness

by Paul W. Morris

Lingering ghosts and bright ideas at Ground Zero.

exegesis
The Lord, and the Rings

The Lord, and the Rings

by Paul W. Morris

Can Hollywood answer the perennial question: Who was Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings?

confession
Waking Up

Waking Up

by Paul W. Morris

Zen and the art of running from a crumbling tower.