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| '''Katy Butler''' is an American Buddhist journalist best known for narrative nonfiction that combines memoir and investigative reporting. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Science writing, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Best Buddhist Writing.<ref>McLeod, Melvin (ed.). . Shambhala Publications, 2006, p. 64ff. The essay first appeared in ''Tricycle: The Buddhist Review'', Summer 2005.</ref> <br><br> | |||
| '''Katy Butler''' is an American journalist and writer whose work has appeared in '']'', '']'', '']'', and other magazines. | |||
| Born in South Africa in 1949, Butler grew up in England and the Boston area. After an internship at the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Butler became a staff reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, where she stayed for 12 years. Since then, she has written for Mother Jones, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Vogue, The Village Voice, Tricycle (The Buddhist Quarterly), More magazine and Psychotherapy Networker magazine<ref>, accessed June 18, 2010. For the story, see ''Psychotherapy Networker'', September/October 2003.</ref>, among others. <br><br> | |||
| A Buddhist since 1977, Butler was lay ordained by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh and has co-led small meditation groups. In the 1980s she exposed abuses of sexuality and power by leaders of American Buddhist communities.. The New York Times, accessed April 29, 2012.</ref> In 2004, she was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for an essay about applying traditional religious practices to the chaos of modern life. She regularly leads writing workshops at the Esalen Institute and has been a speaker for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard's 2008 and 2009 conferences on Narrative Nonfiction.<br><br> | |||
| In 2010, the Nieman Foundation named "What Broke My Father's Heart," an essay about how a pacemaker forced her "father's heart to outlive his brain" a "notable narrative."<ref>. Nieman Storyboard, accessed April 29, 2012.</ref> The essay, first published in the New York Times Magazine, also won awards for national journalism from the National Association of Science Writers and the Association of Health Care Journalists.<ref>. National Association of Science Writers, accessed April 29, 2012.</ref><br><br> | |||
| Other awards include writing residencies at Mesa Refuge, Hedgebrook, and Blue Mountain Center.<ref>, Mesa Refuge, accessed June 28, 2010; Danticat, Edwidge and Atwan, Robert. , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011, p. 227; , Blue Mountain Center. Retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref> | |||
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| *Butler, Katy. , ''The New York Times Magazine'', June 14, 2010. | *Butler, Katy. , ''The New York Times Magazine'', June 14, 2010. | ||
| *Pitzer, Andrea. , ''Nieman Storyboard'', July 6, 2010. | |||
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Katy Butler is an American Buddhist journalist best known for narrative nonfiction that combines memoir and investigative reporting. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays, Best American Science writing, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Best Buddhist Writing.
Born in South Africa in 1949, Butler grew up in England and the Boston area. After an internship at the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Butler became a staff reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, where she stayed for 12 years. Since then, she has written for Mother Jones, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, Vogue, The Village Voice, Tricycle (The Buddhist Quarterly), More magazine and Psychotherapy Networker magazine, among others.
A Buddhist since 1977, Butler was lay ordained by the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh and has co-led small meditation groups. In the 1980s she exposed abuses of sexuality and power by leaders of American Buddhist communities."Sex Scandal Has U.S. Buddhists Looking Within". The New York Times, accessed April 29, 2012.</ref> In 2004, she was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for an essay about applying traditional religious practices to the chaos of modern life. She regularly leads writing workshops at the Esalen Institute and has been a speaker for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard's 2008 and 2009 conferences on Narrative Nonfiction.
In 2010, the Nieman Foundation named "What Broke My Father's Heart," an essay about how a pacemaker forced her "father's heart to outlive his brain" a "notable narrative." The essay, first published in the New York Times Magazine, also won awards for national journalism from the National Association of Science Writers and the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Other awards include writing residencies at Mesa Refuge, Hedgebrook, and Blue Mountain Center.
References
- McLeod, Melvin (ed.). The Best Buddhist Writing 2006. Shambhala Publications, 2006, p. 64ff. The essay first appeared in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2005.
- American Society of Magazine Editors, National Magazine Award, accessed June 18, 2010. For the story, see "Living on Purpose, The Seeker, the Tennis Coach and the Next Wave of Therapeutic Practice" Psychotherapy Networker, September/October 2003.
- "Katy Butler shows the bitter side of medical intervention". Nieman Storyboard, accessed April 29, 2012.
- "2011 Science in Society Awards". National Association of Science Writers, accessed April 29, 2012.
- "2008-1998 Residents", Mesa Refuge, accessed June 28, 2010; Danticat, Edwidge and Atwan, Robert. "The Best American Essays 2011", Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011, p. 227; "Resident Alumni Updates", Blue Mountain Center. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
External links
- Katy Butler's website, accessed June 18, 2010.
- Butler, Katy. "The Good Daughter: Becoming the Family Caregiver", More, May 2007.
- Butler, Katy. "What Broke My Father’s Heart", The New York Times Magazine, June 14, 2010.
- Pitzer, Andrea. "Katy Butler on Greek tragedy, reader comments and how “scenes keep you close to the bone truth of things”", Nieman Storyboard, July 6, 2010.
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