Sandy Boucher is an American writer, Buddhist, and feminist. She lives in Oakland, California.
Life and career
Boucher received a master's degree from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her degree was in the history and phenomenology of religion. For a time, she was a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka.
Boucher has been a contributor to the publications Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and Lion's Roar, along with publishing articles in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Sun, and Writer's Digest.
In 1975 Boucher was a fellow at MacDowell Colony, an artists' colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Published books
- Assaults & Rituals: Stories (1975)
- The Notebooks of Leni Clare, and Other Short Stories (The Crossing Press feminist series) (1982)
- Heartwomen: An Urban Feminist's Odyssey Home (1982)
- Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism (1993)
- Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism (1997)
- Discovering Kwan Yin: Buddhist Goddess of Compassion (1999)
- Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer (2000)
- Dancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth Denison (2005)
References
- ^ "Sandy Boucher". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- "Sandy Boucher". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- "About Sandy Boucher". Lion's Roar. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Sandy, Boucher (November 25, 2007). "Calling Dr. Lee". SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Boucher, Sandy (November 2000). "We're Family In Here". The Sun. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Boucher, Sandy (April 1995). "Are You Holding Back?" (PDF). Writer's Digest. pp. 30–33. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Woodhouse, Mark (October 1, 199). "Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism". Library Journal. 124 (16): 60.
- Bagby, Jeanne (May 15, 1997). "Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism". Library Journal. 122 (9): 80.
- Cantwell, Cathy (Summer 2001). "Book Review: "the Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism," by Martin Brauen, Martin Willson; "Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism," by Sandy Boucher". Tibet Journal. 26 (2): 85–87.
- Diamond, Sara (October 1997). "Review: Practice Makes Imperfect". Women's Review of Books. 15 (1): 17–18. doi:10.2307/4022759. JSTOR 4022759.
- "Opening the Lotus CL". Publishers Weekly. April 28, 1997. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Ann Brussat, Frederic; Ann Brussat, Mary. "Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism". Spirituality & Practice. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Hammond, Holly (September–October 1997). "Briefly Noted Books". Yoga Journal. p. 122. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Catalfo, Phil (July–August 1999). "Briefly Noted Books". Yoga Journal. pp. 106–107. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Graham, Christian (May 1, 1999). "Discovering Kwan Yin: Buddhist Goddess of Compassion". Library Journal. 124 (8): 86.
- Wickens, Andy (October 1, 2000). "Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer". Library Journal. 125 (16): 135–136.
- Sawyers, June (September 1, 2000). "Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer". Booklist. 97 (1): 34.
- Wiess, Jana (September 11, 2000). "Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer. (Review) (Brief Article)". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 247, no. 37. p. 85.
- Ann Brussat, Frederic; Ann Brussat, Mary. "Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer". Spirituality & Practice. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- Scott, Whitney (March 1, 2005). "Dancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth Denison". Booklist. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
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