Spirituality – Creative Nonfiction Collective

Interview with Linda Trinh

In her memoir Seeking Spirit: A Vietnamese (Non) Buddhist Memoir, Linda Trinh says she had everything she thought an immigrant woman should want: motherhood, career, and security. Yet, she felt empty. Growing up in Winnipeg, Linda helped her mom make offerings to their ancestors and cleaned her late dad’s altar. These were her mother’s beliefs, but what were her beliefs? Via collection of essays, Linda plays with form and structure to show the interconnection of life events, trauma, and spiritual…

Members Blog: What’s So Scary about Words Like “Religion,” “Spirituality” and “Mysticism”?

March 30, 2015

Dante, General News, Members Blog, Poetry, Rumi, Spirituality

Reflections on Writing my Memoir, Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga (Inanna Publications, 2014) Susan McCaslin The word “religion” can sometimes generate hostility or fear. People mistrustful of religion notice how many of the major religions have been and continue to be tied to empire-building, rigid belief systems, gender inequalities, corporate capitalism, wars, and the exploitation of the “have nots.” The word “spirituality” seems a gentler, more inclusive term, less indicative of rigid belief systems. Yet it too remains…