Misha Becker

Misha Becker is a poet and hospice volunteer. In between sesshins at the Chapel Hill Zen Centre (her cats' least favorite time of year) Becker teaches linguistics at the University of North Carolina. She received the precepts as a lay Buddhist in 2006.

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