Author Spotlight Featuring Dr. Douglas Gentile

Join us for an Author Spotlight featuring Dr. Douglas Gentile, author and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University. A Zen Buddhist monk and meditation teacher, he wrote and narrated the best-selling audiobook Buddhism 101: How to Walk Easily over Rough Ground and Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier. He has been featured on such radio shows as National Public Radio’s Morning EditionTo the Point, the BBC World Service, and his work has been reported on CNN, Good Morning AmericaThe Today ShowJo Frost’s Extreme Parental Guidance, as well as the New York TimesWashington PostLos Angeles Times.

Copies of Buddhism 101: How to Walk Easily over Rough Ground and Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier will be available for purchase and author signing.

This event is held in partnership with the Ames Writers Collective and KHOI Community Radio.