Pep Talk for National Novel Writing Month
       Advice for young writers
“Where Have All the FolkTales Gone” SCBWI Bulletin
        A conversation of several authors about          the need for folktales
“Living the Story—Rafe Martin at the Zen Center,” by Josh Kelman
       An appraisal of a performance and        storytelling workshop given by Rafe for        the Vermont Zen Center community
“Fairy Tales and Zen Riddles,” by Joseph Sorrentino, Tricycle Magazine, (Winter ’05)
       Storyteller Rafe Martin discusses the        transformative and guiding power of        myth with Joseph Sorrentino
“Children’s Literature” (Sept. ’05)
“Storytelling and Writing” (Dec. ’04)
        The relationship between oral         storytelling and written stories
“A Pillar of Zen: Roshi Philip Kapleau 1912– 2004,” Buddhadharma, (Fall ’04)
        An appreciation of Roshi Philip Kapleau,         founder of the Rochester Zen Center
“Thoughts on the Importance, and Necessity of Folklore” (May ’04)
        The myriad reasons why we need         folktales in our lives
“Tell Me a Story,” by Joseph Sorrentino (Oct. ’03)
        An in-depth interview with Rafe about         the meaning of his work
“Me and Harry Potter”
        About working with the same editor and         publisher, Arthur A. Levine, responsible         for bringing us Harry Potter
“The Boy Who Loved Mammoths and My Writing Process”
        Comparing two ways of telling the same         story: Will’s Mammoth and The Boy Who         Loved Mammoths, and discovering the         power of the imagination to create        realities
“King Goodness: A Meditation on the Meaning of a Story”
        Examining "King Goodness," one of the         Buddhist Jataka tales
“Why Folktales?” (Jan. ’99)
        An exploration of the value, meaning,         and continuing endurance of traditional        tales  
“Why I Write for Children”
        Thoughts clarifying the purpose of         writing for children
“What is a Writer?” (Feb. ’98)
        How do you know if you’re a “writer”?