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Fresh Air
The memoir recounts Iyer's loss of his home to a 1990 wildfire and how the experience led him to a Benedictine monastery where silence reshaped his life and writing.
His new memoir is called Aflame.
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The memoir recounts Iyer's loss of his home to a 1990 wildfire and how the experience led him to a Benedictine monastery where silence reshaped his life and writing.
His new memoir is called Aflame.
His memoir is titled, A Flame, Learning from Silence. A Flame is about the flame of passion and commitment in the monastic life, even for visitors on a retreat like him.
His new memoir is called Aflame, Learning from Silence. We'll hear more of their conversation after a short break.