Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker[1] She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice.[2]
Life
Goldberg has studied Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years[3] and practiced with Dainin Katagiri Roshi for twelve years.[3][4] Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her 1986 book Writing Down the Bones sold over a million copies and is considered an influential work on the craft of writing.[5][6][7] Her 2013 book, The True Secret of Writing, is a follow-up to that work.[8][9]
Books
- Chicken and in Love (1979), ISBN 978-0-930100-04-9
- Writing Down the Bones (1986), ISBN 0-87773-375-9
- Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life (1990)
- Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America (1993)
- Banana Rose (1995)
- Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World (1997)
- Thunder and Lightning (2000)
- The Essential Writer's Notebook (2001)
- Top of My Lungs (2002)
- The Great Failure (2004)
- Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (2008), ISBN 978-1-4165-3502-7
- The True Secret of Writing (2013)
References
- ↑ "Frugal Traveler: Mellowing on a Canadian Isle". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Keep The Hand Moving Natalie Goldberg On Zen And The Art Of Writing Practice". The Sun. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- 1 2 "What Failure Can teach Us". Beliefnet. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Beyond Betrayal". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Writing Is Like Wrestling Buddha; For Guru Goldberg, It's A Religious Act." The Capital Times, September 22, 2000 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ↑ John F. Baker," Goldberg Moving to Harper San Francisco", Publishers Weekly, October 31, 2003.
- ↑ Cecilia Goodnow, "A Memoirist's How-To Book: Bring Fearlessness" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 5, 2008 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ↑ Jean Fain, "Author Natalie Goldberg on the Zen of Living, Writing and Eating", Huffington Post, March 4, 2013.
- ↑ Helen Gallagher, "The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language", New York Journal of Books (accessed 2013-03-19).
External links
- Official website
- Natalie Goldberg in Contemporary Authors – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
- Zen and the Art of Writing – with Natalie Goldberg
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