1915 - 1950 1951 - 1960 1960 - 1973 1974 - 1999

   Alan Watts became a popular lecturer at the Academy, and in 1953 was invited to speak on public radio station KPFA in Berkeley

   Five years later he published his best-selling book, The Way of Zen, followed by the popular pamphlet Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen.

The Wisdom of Insecurity. Pantheon, New York, 1951.

Way Beyond the West
Pacifica Radio series, Berkeley, 1953-1958.

The Way of Zen, Pantheon Books, New York, 1958.

Nature, Man, and Woman. Pantheon, New York, 1958.

Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen. City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1959.

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