Wendy Dossett

It’s National Read a Book Day! (Yeah… I know…) Here’s two I have on the go. This is not a translation of the Therīgāthā The Verses of the Elder Nuns (an ancient Buddhist collection). It's a beautiful collection of modern poems arising out of it, written by Matty Weingast. It is more a rendering than a translation. The volume was published by Shambhala in 2020 and the title is The First Free Women . It's the case that most of those drawn to engaging with or writing about