Jeffery Paine - Other Writing, Other Media

Other Writing, Other Media

In addition to his books, Paine has written for most major national publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News and World Report. He has been judge of the Pulitzer Prize and vice president of the National Book Critics Circle. He appears regularly on C-Span, NPR, and other radio and TV programs as well as speaking at the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, ICA (London), and universities around the country.

Besides print medium, Paine appears with Robert Thurman on the CD Thoughts on Buddhism. In 2009 he co-wrote the documentary about the 17th Karmapa, Bodhisattva, with Mark Elliott, and also appeared in the film Crazy Wisdom. He wrote the one-man show, Oh My God! The History of Religion in One Hour, which premiered in 2006 at the Smithsonian and which he subsequently performed at various venues on the East Coast.

Paine currently lives in Washington, D.C.