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'''Natalie Goldberg''' (b. 1948) is an [[USA|American]] author and teacher of [[creative writing]]. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as a [[Zen]] practice. |
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| occupation = Writer, teacher, Zen practitioner |
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'''Natalie Goldberg''' (born January 4, 1948)<ref name="shapland">{{cite web |url=https://southwestcontemporary.com/new-mexico-women-natalie-goldberg/ |title=New Mexico Women: Natalie Goldberg|last=Shapland |first=Jenn |date=26 July 2019 |website=Southwest Contemporary |access-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> is an American popular author and speaker.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frugal Traveler: Mellowing on a Canadian Isle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/12/travel/frugal-traveler-mellowing-on-a-canadian-isle.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=May 23, 2013}}</ref> She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as [[Zen]] practice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keep The Hand Moving Natalie Goldberg On Zen And The Art Of Writing Practice|url=http://thesunmagazine.org/issues/335/keep_the_hand_moving|work=[[The Sun (magazine)|The Sun]]|accessdate=May 23, 2013}}</ref> |
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Natalie Goldberg is a poet, teacher, writer, and painter. She was born in 1948 to Jewish parents of Polish ancestry, and was raised in Long Island. A student of Zen Buddhism for 24 years, she trained intensively with [[Dainin Katagiri]] for 12 years at the [[Minnesota Zen Center]], and is ordained in the [[Order of Interbeing]] with [[Nhat Hanh|Thich Nhat Hanh]]. Natalie Goldberg teaches writing workshops based on the methods first presented in her best-selling book, ''Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within''. |
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Goldberg has studied Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years<ref name="belief">{{cite web|title=What Failure Can teach Us|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Buddhism/2005/02/What-Failure-Can-Teach-Us.aspx|publisher=[[Beliefnet]]|accessdate=May 23, 2013}}</ref> and practiced with [[Dainin Katagiri|Dainin Katagiri Roshi]] for six years.<ref name="belief"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Beyond Betrayal|url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/beyond-betrayal/|publisher=[[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review]]|accessdate=May 4, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140513082210/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65415715.html "Writing Is Like Wrestling Buddha; For Guru Goldberg, It's A Religious Act."] ''[[The Capital Times]]'', September 22, 2000.</ref><ref>John F. Baker,[http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20031103/22484-goldberg-moving-to-harper-san-francisco.html " Goldberg Moving to Harper San Francisco"], ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', October 31, 2003.</ref><ref>Cecilia Goodnow, [https://archive.today/20130411022127/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-176198744.html "A Memoirist's How-To Book: Bring Fearlessness"] ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', March 5, 2008.</ref> Her 2013 book, ''The True Secret of Writing'', is a follow-up to that work.<ref>Jean Fain, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jean-fain-licsw-msw/writing-wellbeing_b_2800728.html "Author Natalie Goldberg on the Zen of Living, Writing and Eating"], ''[[Huffington Post]]'', March 4, 2013.</ref><ref>Helen Gallagher, [http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/true-secret-writing-connecting-life-language "The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language"], ''New York Journal of Books'' (accessed 2013-03-19).</ref> |
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Her other books include ''Wild Mind'' (an expansion of the ideas about writing that she first expressed in ''Writing Down The Bones''); ''Long Quiet Highway'' (a memoir of her lifelong search for a spiritual teacher and her eventual taking [[Refuge (Buddhism)|refuge]] in [[Buddhism]]); ''Banana Rose'' (a novel); ''Living Color''; ''Thunder and Lightning'' (an exploration of what to do with the writing that is generated through writing practice); and most recently ''The Great Failure'' (a memoir of coming to terms with her legacies from her father and from her Zen teacher). |
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==Books== |
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Goldberg finds writing practice to be analogous to [[zazen]], or Zen meditation. In writing practice, the aim is to simply write - and to keep writing for a whole timed writing period. There are no goals regarding quality or content. Goldberg states: “The idea is to keep your hand moving for, say, ten minutes, and don’t cross anything out, because that makes space for our inner editor to come in.” |
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* ''Chicken and in Love'' (1979), {{ISBN|978-0-930100-04-9}} |
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* ''Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World'' (1997) |
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* ''Old Friend From Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir'' (2008), {{ISBN|978-1-4165-3502-7}} |
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* ''The True Secret of Writing'' (2013) |
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* ''The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life'' (2016), {{ISBN|978-1-61180-316-7}} |
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* ''Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home: A Memoir'' (2018), {{ISBN|978-1611805673}} |
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* ''Three Simple Lines: A Writer's Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku'' (2021), {{ISBN|978-1608686971}} |
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* ''Writing Down the Bones Deck: 60 Cards to Free the Writer Within'' (2021), {{ISBN|978-1611809008}} |
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==References== |
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In recent years, Goldberg's teachings have come to emphasize Katagiri Roshi's three main teachings: |
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* Continue under all circumstances. |
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{{Wikiquote}} |
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* Don't be tossed away. |
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* Make positive effort for the good. |
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* {{official website| https://nataliegoldberg.com/}} |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140513082206/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591100065.html Natalie Goldberg] in ''[[Contemporary Authors]]'' |
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* [http://thoughtcast.org/religion/natalie-goldberg/ Zen and the Art of Writing – with Natalie Goldberg] |
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Goldberg’s approach has been compared to [[Julia Cameron]]’s morning pages, popularized in ''The Artists’ Way''. |
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Goldberg lives in and teaches primarily in [[Taos, New Mexico]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:29, 10 October 2023
Natalie Goldberg | |
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| Born | January 4, 1948 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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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[edit]
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 a 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[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ Shapland, Jenn (26 July 2019). "New Mexico Women: Natalie Goldberg". Southwest Contemporary. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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[edit]
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