Letter From

Burma: The Lady and the Monk

By William Lychack | September 4, 2018
In June 2013, Myint led a procession of novitiates, including the author, in the collection of alms in the remote farming village of Padaukone. (Courtesy of the author)
In June 2013, Myint led a procession of novitiates, including the author, in the collection of alms in the remote farming village of Padaukone. (Courtesy of the author)

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William Lychack is the author of a forthcoming novel, Cargill Falls. He teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh and is at work on an account of his time in the monkhood in Burma.

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