Mirabai Starr is an adjunct professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico. She has studied a wide variety of religious traditions, including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity. She is also the translator of Teresa of vila's Interior Castle and The Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.
A cause for celebration. Captures Teresa's conversational enthusiasm most effectively. -- Library Journal (starred review) <br> Crisp, contemporary language puts Teresa's famous passion for God in stark relief. -- Publishers Weekly <br> Mirabai Starr's translation is a work for our time. She has given Teresa a presence and a voice in a modern era. Saint Teresa no doubt chose Mirabai, for her talent with language and Spanish translation is pure genius. --Caroline Myss, author of Entering the Castle and Anatomy of the Spirit <br> Mirabai Starr's translation makes totally accessible this most famous (and attractive) saint. The writing has such a delightful sparkle you can't help falling in love with Teresa. --John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War <br> Saint Teresa of Avila has long deserved a far wider readership than existing translations have secured for her. She wrote, as she undoubtedly spoke, in an unapologetically vernacular Spanish--idiomatic, vivi