There , he practiced zazen daily , and wrote some forty poems and a second novel .
Whalen spent 1966 and 1967 in Kyoto , Japan , assisted by a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a job teaching English .
There , Whalen practiced zazen daily , and wrote some forty poems and a second novel .
Whalen spent 1966 and 1967 in Kyoto , Japan , assisted by a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a job teaching English .