Larry Smith, "Review: The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path," New York Journal of Books, April 2019.
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The Zen Gateway: Review: The World Could Be Otherwise
"REVIEW: The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path Norman Fischer," The Zen Gateway, April 2019.
Brian Unger reviews “New poems by Norman Fischer”
“I don’t know who’s right, Gary Snyder or Norman Fischer. Norman says that poetry has nothing to do with self-expression, while Gary says poetry is rooted in self-expression.”
Read MoreRecommended by Hank Lazer: “Questions/Places/Voices/Seasons”
“Fischer’s newest collection of poems, Questions / Places / Voices / Seasons (in a beautiful large format), is built, as the title suggests, on multiple styles, approaches, voices, and locations.”
Read MoreHank Lazer reviews “Charlotte’s Way”
“A fluid series of poems based in the area where Norman lives, these poems move in and out of statements with grace and beauty, placing us within a world of perpetual movement, impermanence, and wonder.”
Read MoreAlan Davies reviews “Slowly but Dearly”
“The poems have the quality of already having been slowed down. They then impart that quality – the listener is slowed down. That should be one of the qualities of all poetry I think – but it often isn’t. Here it is.”
Read MorePaul Kahn reviews “I Was Blown Back”
“Norman Fischer has written a marvelous book of poems about the experience of thinking the unthinkable.”
Read MoreCyprian Smith reviews “Opening to You”
“To all serious seekers, whether Jewish, Christian or Buddhist, I recommend the use of this book in their personal practice.”
Read MoreEve Marko reviews “Jerusalem Moonlight”
“… In Jerusalem Moonlight Judaism and Buddhism do not easily commingle, but the tension between them sparkles with buoyancy, celebrating this modern, mysterious intersection of two ancient traditions.”
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