Sandy Boucher

• "My Short Brilliant Zen Career" in the June 2016 issue of triycle

 

• "Writing the Ruth Denison story" in the April 2016 issue of Lion's Roar

 

• “The Auspicious Coincidence of Buddhism and Feminism: A Visit with Rita Gross” in the Winter 2016 issue of American Buddhist Women/Sakyadhita USA

 

• “Sweating in the Desert” in the Summer 2015 issue of tricycle

 

• 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.

 

• “A Complicated Burden” in the May 2012 issue of Shambhala Sun.

 

• “Spine of Steel” (about Joko Beck) in the Spring 2012 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review.

 

• Sandy was Associate Editor of Persimmon Tree: An Online Magazine of the Arts by Women Over Sixty from 2006 to 2012.

 

• “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]

 

• “My Life as a Gay Grandma,” a Real Families personal essay on Salon.

 

• “Jungle Beast” in the Fall 2009 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.

 

• Editor for Pema Chodron's Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron (Shambhala Publications, Fall 2009).

 

• “Two Dogs, A Parrot, and a Not-So-Silent Retreat” in the Fall 2009 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly.

 

• “Buddhist Women Meet in Mongolia” in the Spring 2009 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.

   

• “Standing Outside the Door,” reprinted with permission from the Spring 2009 issue of Inquiring Mind, a semiannual journal of the Vipassana community.

 

• “Bear Versus Buddhist” in the Summer 2008 issue of tricycle, the Buddhist Review. Available at many bookstores or online to current subscribers.

 

• “Calling Dr. Lee” published in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine My Word column, on November 25, 2007. [link to Chronicle website]

 

• “Friendship and Change with Tillie Olsen” in Persimmon Tree, the new online literary magazine by women over 60.

 

• “Are You Holding Back?” an article Sandy wrote for Writer’s Digest April 1995 issue on eliminating fears in the writing process.