It’s an unusual thing to hear from a prolific writer, but Pico Iyer, 68, says he measures joy ... Excerpts from an interview. * What is silence? It’s the place on the far side of our thoughts ...

W hen the cacophony of the world grows too loud, author Pico Iyer knows just where to go. For decades, the British travel writer has been journeying from his home in Japan to sit in silence at Big ...

Such ideas may well have resonated with Pico Iyer during and after a devastating wildfire in July 1990 when his house in ...

I did not know how difficult it is to write about a book that one likes too much, till I found myself reading Pico Iyer’s new book, Learning from Silence. I have carried it everywhere with me ...

Framed by the conflict between Islamic and secular Western values, this novel from travel writer, critic and novelist Iyer (Cuba and the Night; The Global Soul; etc.) is part mystery, part ...