Good news if you live in any of those states: Jaimal Yogis, author of Saltwater Buddha, is coming to a bookstore near you. You can get the dates here. (In case you missed the video about the book, you’ll find it here.)

In related news: the mighty Tim McNeill of Wisdom Publications (publisher of Saltwater Buddha, and a couple hundred other fantastic Dharma-books) is the star of a new profile in the book-industry publication, Publishers Weekly. Tim is my old boss and my friend, and so I can say first-hand that this is a guy with enormous character and commitment to the Dharma. So if you want to “better know” one of the fine people to whom the future of Buddhist publishing has been entrusted, check out the profile. (I’ll admit a teensy bit of bias here, but I do believe it’s worth knowing who the people at Wisdom are — not least of all because they know who we are. Tim has taken real care to surround himself with younger people of all traditions and interests, and I think this, along with his own energy and knowledge, is a big part of why Wisdom publishes such bang-up editions of everything from classical Buddhist texts to, well, Saltwater Buddha.)