PUBLICATIONS
Sandy has been publishing stories, essays and articles—at first in literary journals like Epoch, The Antioch Review and The Laurel Review, then in mainstream publications like Ms. Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle, and many of the feminist and lesbian-feminist magazines of the seventies, eighties and nineties. More recently her pieces appear in Buddhist periodicals.
Her work has been anthologized in 25 story or essay collections from publishers such as Doubleday, Putnam and Penguin, as well as feminist publishers such as the Crossing Press and Persephone Press.
She has served as editor or guest-editor for several magazines and numerous individual authors.
The following represent a recent sampling.
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"My Short Brilliant Zen Career" in the June 2016 issue of triycle
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"Writing the Ruth Denison story" in the April 2016 issue of Lion's Roar
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“The Auspicious Coincidence of Buddhism and Feminism: A Visit with Rita Gross” in the Winter 2016 issue of American Buddhist Women/Sakyadhita USA
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“Sweating in the Desert” in the Summer 2015 issue of tricycle
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Guest Editor of Inquiring Mind: Sandy was the guest editor of the Spring 2015 final issue of Inquiring Mind. The theme of the issue was "Tradition and Innovation in the Dharma." She guest-edited two previous issues of Inquiring Mind: Fall 2010 on “Enlightenment” and Fall 2011 on “Bodhisattva.”
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“Desert Notebook: Three Days with Ruth Denison, my 92-year-old Dharma Teacher" in Spring 2015 issue of Inquiring Mind.
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“A Complicated Burden” in the May 2012 issue of Shambhala Sun.
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“Spine of Steel” (about Joko Beck) in the Spring 2012 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review.
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Sandy was Associate Editor of Persimmon Tree: An Online Magazine of the Arts by Women Over Sixty from 2006 to 2012.
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“The Incredible Sacrifice of Princess Miao Shan” in the Fall 2011 issue of Inquiring Mind, a semiannual journal of the Vipassana community. [link to Inquiring Mind home page]
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“My Life as a Gay Grandma,” a Real Families personal essay on Salon.
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“Jungle Beast” in the Fall 2009 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.
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Editor for Pema Chodron's Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron (Shambhala Publications, Fall 2009).
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“Two Dogs, A Parrot, and a Not-So-Silent Retreat” in the Fall 2009 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly.
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“Buddhist Women Meet in Mongolia” in the Spring 2009 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.
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“Standing Outside the Door,” reprinted with permission from the Spring 2009 issue of Inquiring Mind, a semiannual journal of the Vipassana community.
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“Bear Versus Buddhist” in the Summer 2008 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.
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“Calling Dr. Lee” published in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine My Word column, on November 25, 2007. [link to Chronicle website]
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“Friendship and Change with Tillie Olsen” in Persimmon Tree, the new online literary magazine by women over 60.
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“Are You Holding Back?” an article Sandy wrote for Writer’s Digest April 1995 issue on eliminating fears in the writing process.