Seventy-Two Labors - Paperback

Efird, Susan Kōdō: - Susan Lynn KōDō Efird, Sensei, is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the author of the book-length poem The Eye of Heaven with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy (Harry Duncan, Abattoir Editions) and shorter poems that appeared in Poetry, Southern Poetry Review, Verve, JAMA, A Garland for Harry Duncan, and other publications. Her lifelong immersion in literature and service began with an entry-level position at The New Yorker. She has worked as a volunteer for hospice, AIDS, and Alzheimer's patients, with prisoners through Lifelines to Solitary, as well as serving as aide to bird keepers at the National Zoo. For many years before her retirement, she was senior writer-editor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is the founder and guiding teacher of Sky Above Great Wind, and a member of the White Plum Asanga. She lives in Washington, D.C.