Parallax Press is a Berkeley, California-based nonprofit publisher, founded and inspired by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1986, whose mission is to publish works to alleviate suffering and contribute to a more beautiful, just, and joyful world.

Maude White is a papercutting artist living in the Hudson Valley. She loves the great strength, yet delicacy of paper. Every cut is exact and meaningful. She enjoys playing with positive and negative space to create fantastic scenes and stories. In pursuing her work, she hopes to make visible to others the immense world of possibilities that every piece of paper holds. In print, her work has appeared in newspapers and art publications. In film, her shadow puppet designs appear in The Happy Film documentary.

Hisae Matsuda is an editor of books on personal and community healing. She is interested in listening to voices that are not usually heard. Born in Japan and raised in London, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.