Natalie Goldberg is the author of fifteen books, including Writing Down the Bones (Shambhala, 1986), which has sold over one million copies, has been translated into fourteen languages, and started a revolution in the way we practice writing in this country.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- Natalie’s first book, “Chicken and In Love” (1979)
- Being afraid of both success and failure before her book, “Writing Down The Bones,” came out in 1986
- Having thin values
- “I shop therefore I am.” - Barbara Kruger
- Consuming vs. finding meaning
- Natalie writing two books while undergoing treatment for cancer
- Accepting suffering
- Thinking about one’s legacy
- Zen Buddhism
- “Writing closes the gap between who you think you are and who you are.” - Natalie Goldberg
- What writing has revealed to Natalie
- “Make this moment an occasion to live deeply, happily in peace.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
- Managing discursive thoughts
- The pros and cons of the advent of the interview
- The art of haiku writing
People Mentioned:
- Margaret Atwood (Writer)
- Amy Tan (Writer)
- Katagiri Roshi (Sōtō Zen Priest and Teacher)
- Lidia Yuknavitch (Writer)
- Barbara Kruger (Artist)
- Joan Didion (Writer)
- Viktor Frankl (Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher, Writer)
- Carson McCullers (Writer)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (Monk)
- Masaoka Shiki (Poet)
Books Mentioned That Natalie Goldberg Wrote:
- Chicken and In Love
- Writing Down The Bones
- Let The Whole Thundering World Come Home
- The Great Spring
- The True Secret of Writing
- Three Simple Lines
Books Mentioned:
- The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
- Man’s Search For Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
- The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson McCullers)
- 2030 (Mauro F. Guillén)
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