Rande Gail Brown
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Rande Gail Brown is an American writer and translator.
She was formerly the Executive Director of the Tricycle Foundation
, publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
, America's leading Buddhist magazine. She is also president of East West Communications, a company that facilitates cultural understanding between Japan and the United States. Brown is a well-known translator of Japanese spiritual and cultural texts. She most recently co-authored and ghostwrote the New York Times bestseller Geisha, A Life with Mineko Iwasaki
(Atria, 2002). Brown serves on the Board of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, under whose auspices she has been a Volunteer Chaplain at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at New York University and plans to become a psychotherapist.
She was formerly the Executive Director of the Tricycle Foundation
Tricycle Foundation
The Tricycle Foundation is a not-for-profit educational organization based in New York City with a stated mission of introducing and disseminating Buddhist views and values in the West. Formerly called The Buddhist Ray, Inc., the foundation was established in 1990...
, publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent, nonsectarian Buddhist quarterly magazine established in 1991 by Helen Tworkov. Published by The Tricycle Foundation out of New York City, most issues have interviews with Buddhist teachers, articles or essays on Buddhism and contemporary issues, book...
, America's leading Buddhist magazine. She is also president of East West Communications, a company that facilitates cultural understanding between Japan and the United States. Brown is a well-known translator of Japanese spiritual and cultural texts. She most recently co-authored and ghostwrote the New York Times bestseller Geisha, A Life with Mineko Iwasaki
Mineko Iwasaki
, born , was Japan's number one geiko until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. Arthur Golden later used her story to write the book Memoirs of a Geisha.-Geisha:...
(Atria, 2002). Brown serves on the Board of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, under whose auspices she has been a Volunteer Chaplain at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at New York University and plans to become a psychotherapist.