Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg
Born	(1948-01-04) January 4, 1948 (age 77) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, teacher, Zen practitioner

Natalie Goldberg (born January 4, 1948) ^[1] is an American popular author and speaker. ^[2] She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. ^[3]

Life

Goldberg has studied Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years ^[4] and practiced with Dainin Katagiri Roshi for six years. ^{[4] [5]} Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her 1986 book Writing Down the Bones sold over two million copies and is considered an influential work on the craft of writing. ^{[6] [7] [8]} Her 2013 book, The True Secret of Writing, is a follow-up to that work. ^{[9] [10]}

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)
• The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life (2016), ISBN   978-1-61180-316-7
• Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir (2018), ISBN   978-1611805673
• Three Simple Lines: A Writer's Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku (2021), ISBN   978-1608686971
• Writing Down the Bones Deck: 60 Cards to Free the Writer Within (2021), ISBN   978-1611809008
• Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice (2024), ISBN   978-1250342546

References

1. Shapland, Jenn (26 July 2019). "New Mexico Women: Natalie Goldberg". Southwest Contemporary. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
2. "Frugal Traveler: Mellowing on a Canadian Isle". The New York Times . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
3. "Keep The Hand Moving Natalie Goldberg On Zen And The Art Of Writing Practice". The Sun . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
4. "What Failure Can teach Us". Beliefnet . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
5. "Beyond Betrayal". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review . Retrieved May 4, 2013.
6. "Writing Is Like Wrestling Buddha; For Guru Goldberg, It's A Religious Act." The Capital Times , September 22, 2000.
7. John F. Baker," Goldberg Moving to Harper San Francisco", Publishers Weekly , October 31, 2003.
8. Cecilia Goodnow, "A Memoirist's How-To Book: Bring Fearlessness" Seattle Post-Intelligencer , March 5, 2008.
9. Jean Fain, "Author Natalie Goldberg on the Zen of Living, Writing and Eating", Huffington Post , March 4, 2013.
10. 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
• Zen and the Art of Writing – with Natalie Goldberg