Unsolicited Press will release A Slice of Orange – loving and leaving the Osho/Rajneesh cult on 12/8/26. (Yes, it is the Immaculate Conception for those who went to Catholic school!) …
Thank you Leah Meddaoui, designer and art director at 512.Collective and creator of this luscious cover for my memoir on the allure and collapse of the Rajneesh cult. Leah founded …
MY JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER: Your patient wait (and mine) has paid off! I delayed putting out this newsletter until I had good book news. Now, after several false starts, I …
In October, I was thrilled to be on-stage at the igotout.org and Tears of Eden Story Slam at the Improv Shop in St. Louis Missouri where I performed my poem, …
The Cult Vault podcast episode 138 is on “A Slice of Orange” – my memoir about my time with guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in India and Oregon, and my life …
The collapse of a belief system is hell at the time – but eventually I found it an enormous gift. Of course another one moves in fast to replace it, …
Winner of San Diego’s Memoir Showcase competition for second consecutive year! I am so excited that an excerpt from my memoir, A Slice of Orange, has won a place in …
At last the video is available! Here is the link to Tara Sampson’s reading/performance of “The Visit”. This took place at the 2019 Memoir Showcase at the North …
“The Visit” is an excerpt from my memoir, a short story about my parents’ journey to Rajneeshpuram, Oregon, to visit me on the commune there. Seeing it performed as one …
Writing a memoir, and then sharing it, is a coming-out process. Having a piece of my memoir chosen for public performance (see Memoir Showcase), is not only an honor, but …
