Jim Lindsey

Jim Lindsey is a writer, actor, Buddhist and former Texan living in Nova Scotia. His first book, In Lieu of Mecca, published by University of Pittsburgh Press, was runner-up for the United States Poetry Award. His second, The Difficult Days, translations of poems by Roberto Sosa of Honduras, came out with Princeton University Press. His short short story Message from the Thirteenth Floor took first place in Grain Magazine of Saskatchewan’s annual literary competition.

He was a reporter for three Texas papers including the Dallas Morning News. He’s published short stories with various literary magazines including the Antioch Review. He has an M. A. in Creative Writing from Boston University and was a fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop on Cape Cod.

He began studying Tibetan Buddhism in California where he lived on a sailboat and worked as a technical writer for major Silicon Valley companies. In 1995 he made a transcontinental move to the old fishing village of Prospect near Halifax. He’s now a a dual citizen of the U. S. and Canada. He teaches a contemplative discipline that involves ocean rowing, develops online courseware for cargo plane pilots, and is recording The Flaw in the Fabric and writing Book 2 of A Travellers Guide for Lost Souls. His website is http://JimTLindsey.com.