Eido Frances Carney/ Mary Frances Carney           Writing and Painting

The Buddha of Eastern Parkway is the story of Nara coming to poise in midlife. Nara's quest, precipitated by the death of her lover in California, takes her into Zen practice in Japan and then to attending to her mother's decline and death of cancer in New York. Nara confronts the reality of death and finds resoluteness and compassion in the midst of life.

This humorous novel takes a look at Irish Catholic Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s.





An exploration of the life of the Zen priest-poet Ryokan interwoven with memoir of the author as she observes Ryokan’s life during her own training as a Zen priest in Japan and encounters Ryokan in contemporary life as a model for learning and renewal. Includes Ryokan’s poetry by the award- winning translator Nobuyuki Yuasa. 

TEMPLE  GROUND PRESS