The River in Me

“These are the collected poems of a woman whose reputation is already firmly established among Buddhist practitioners in the United States trained in the path of Thich Nhat Hanh. … There is a memoir quality to this book, as well. Many of the poems are meant to reveal the poet’s experiences, and there are eight pages of black-and-white photographs in the middle of book showing the poet at different stages in life, … But the poems themselves are also a spiritual practice. She writes that her mindfulness practice is why she now writes.”
—Jon M. Sweeney, Spirituality & Practice

Sister Dang Nghiem is a disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. After losing her mother at twelve, she moved to the United States at seventeen, earned a medical degree from the University of California-San Francisco, and became a doctor. After further tragedy and the loss of her partner, she quit her practice and ordained as a nun in 2000 at Plum Village monastery in France, founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. Her writing draws on her experiences as a physician, a nun, and an individual navigating diverse worlds. She is the author of Healing- A Woman’s Journey from Doctor to Nun (2010), Mindfulness as Medicine- A Story of Healing and Spirit (2015), and Flowers in the Dark- Reclaiming Your Power to Heal from Trauma with Mindfulness (2021).

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