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The awareness of the firefighter, the mindfulness of the monk, the principles of fire and the spirit of Zen come together in a well-told story about the effort required and the lessons learned from paying close attention. <br> - Kirkus <br> Fire Monks is a page-turner, a meditation on fire, wind, water, and earth, and a wonderfully detailed portrait of Tassajara practitioners as they come face-to-face with fire and themselves. A terrific and thoughtful book. <br> -Gretel Ehrlich, author of A Match to the Heart <br> Fire Monks sets itself three difficult tasks--to reconstruct exactly what happened at Tassajara Zen Monastery during the great fire of 2008, how zen prepared the monks to meet the fire, and to make us passionately absorbed in this story of burning and calmness--and succeeds in all three splendidly. I'm afraid I raced through this vivid, unusual, resonant story more like a wildfire than a monk myself. <br> -Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in H

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Colleen Morton Busch’s nonfiction, poetry, and fiction have appeared in a wide range of publications, from literary magazines to the San Francisco Chronicle, Tricycle, and Yoga Journal, where she was a senior editor. A Zen student since 2000, Busch lives in Northern California with her husband and two cats. www.colleenmortonbusch.com

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