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Women of Wisdom, by Tsultrim Allione

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Letters to a Young Poet by Ranier Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell

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Notes: Ten Poems by Women

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The Ten Thousand Joys and the Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Milkweed and the Stone

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Reflections of an Aspiring Earth-Steward

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Snakebird in the Potty: Presence, A Mother's Practice

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The Snail and the Absolute

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An Editor's Saga

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Independence Day Runs: An Essay on Alienation

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A Mama Raccoon in The Net of Indra

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Nocturnal Mind: Dissolving the Walls of Our Terrariums

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Watering the Garden With My Eyes Closed

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Skunk Practice: Dog Walking Through Deep Time

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A Ring When It’s Rollin’

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Resting in My Grandmother’s Chaise

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Taking Refuge with the Seabirds

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Consider Yourself…One of the Family

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Meditations on Pavement

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Buddha in the Fridge (and the Vajra Goddess from Vector Control)

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Owner? Guardian?

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Footprints of the Buddha

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Garbage: A Love Letter

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Shades of Gray

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Bathtub

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Hi-Lili Hi-Lo

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The Year of the Fire Dog

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Reunion on the Path of No Speech

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Entering the Way with All Beings

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Meditations on Laundry

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But The Hat Came Back

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Found in Translation: on the Day of the Dead

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Blackout

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Hurray for You!

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Flying into the Dark

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Is That So?

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On the Path to Leake’s Pond

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Liberating Rag: Making Peace Out of War

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Making Paper with Charnel Rag

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On Memoir

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Nest/No Nest

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Woman in the Sky

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Washing My Mother’s Hair

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A Begging Bowl of Tears

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Taking a Bath in the Milky Way

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Shellmound Mind: Dump, Cemetery, Church & Home

By Barbara Gates