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Philosophy, Writing and Wayward Curiosities from Will Buckingham

The Cradle of Taiwanese Culture

The Cradle of Taiwanese Culture

A piece for BBC travel on the hybridity of Taiwanese culture

Taiwan Literature Base

Taiwan Literature Base

Interweavings | 經緯: A Tapestry of Taiwan Stories

Storytelling and the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Storytelling and the Liberal Arts and Sciences

A new guide from LAS Collab.

Hello, Stranger in Chinese

Hello, Stranger in Chinese

My book, Hello, Stranger, is now 你好,陌生人

Anthropology, Storytelling, and Making Good on our Failings

Anthropology, Storytelling, and Making Good on our Failings

A response to C. R. Hallpike's article on Stealing with the Eyes

No Good for Nothing, in Translation

No Good for Nothing, in Translation

A translation of a poem from Bulgarian by Nadya Radulova

Everyday Metamorphoses

Everyday Metamorphoses

Creative writing, Kafka, and the art of waking up in the morning

Sickness and Exorcism in the Tanimbar Islands

Sickness and Exorcism in the Tanimbar Islands

A story about sickness and healing from the archives

The Philosopher Raised by a Gazelle

The Philosopher Raised by a Gazelle

Ibn Tufayl's philosophical fable about the evolution of reason and human culture

Wisdom on the Move

Wisdom on the Move

I'm moving all the content from Looking for Wisdom to WillBuckingham.com.

Bad Diagnoses: What’s Wrong With Writer’s Block.

Bad Diagnoses: What’s Wrong With Writer’s Block.

Writer’s block exists. But it is not a useful diagnosis.

Music is Joy

Music is Joy

On Xunzi, Plato, music, and bodily joy