Magid, Barry 1949-

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MAGID, Barry 1949-

PERSONAL:

Born December 19, 1949, in NY; married Sharon Dolin (a poet). Education: New Jersey College of Medicine, M.D., 1975; Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, graduated, 1981. Hobbies and other interests: Letter-press printing.

ADDRESSES:

Office—350 Central Park W., Suite 1C, New York, NY 10025.

CAREER:

Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice, New York, NY, 1981—. Faculty member and supervisor at Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Ordinary Mind Zendo, founder and teacher of Zen, 1996—. Dim Gray Bar Press, publisher, 1989-99.

MEMBER:

American Academy of Psychoanalysis (fellow).

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Father Louie: Photographs of Thomas Merton by R. E. Meatyard, Timken, 1991.

(Editor) Freud's Case Studies: Self Psychological Perspectives, Analytic Press, 1993.

(Translator) Diogenes Laertius, Life of Zeno, Larkspur, 1996.

(Editor, with Hugh Witemeyer) William Carlos Williams and Charles Tomlinson: A Transatlantic Connection, Peter Lang Publishing (New York, NY), 1999.

Ordinary Mind: Exploring the Common Ground of Zen and Psychotherapy, Wisdom Publications (Somerville, MA), 2002.

Contributor to professional journals.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

OTHER

Ordinary Mind,http://www.ordinarymind.com/ (February 11, 2003).

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