#856 UK Writer Tim Lott Reflects on Alan Watts, Mental Health and Consciousness

#856 UK Writer Tim Lott Reflects on Alan Watts, Mental Health and Consciousness

Author: David Van Nuys, Ph.D. July 16, 2023 Duration: 0:00

Tim Lott was born in Southall, West London in 1956. After a career in journalism, his first book, The Scent of Dried Roses, a memoir, was published in 1996 and won the PEN/JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography.  His first novel, White City Blue, (1999) a contemporary portrait of friendship and rivalry between a group of young single men, won the Whitbread First Novel Award. It was followed Rumours of Hurricane (2002), a portrait of working class life in Britain in the 1980’s, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award.
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Here are the two articles mentioned in the interview
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/22/inspired-by-63-up-author-tim-lott-decides-its-time-to-take-stock
https://aeon.co/essays/alan-watts-the-western-buddhist-who-healed-my-mind
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