Natalie Goldberg
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United States
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author. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
practice. Goldberg lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
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Books
- Chicken and in Love (1979), ISBN 978-0930100049
- 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 978-1416535027
- Recollections of an Ordinary Woman, Foreword by Natalie Goldberg (2010)
External links
- Natalie Goldberg's official website
- Zen and the Craft of Writing: A Video Interview with Natalie Goldberg
- "Zen and the art of Natalie Goldberg" an interview with ascent magazineAscent (magazine)ascent is an independent, not-for-profit magazine published quarterly that explores the intersection of spiritual values with social and political issues, art, culture and contemporary thought. ascent also publishes a website, a blog, books, and holds an annual retreat at Yasodhara Ashram. The tag...
- Pen and Notebook, short story in SmokeLong Quarterly, June 15, 2008