<div>Set your creativity free with a writing guide that &ldquo;wakes you up like a cross between morning coffee and a friendly Zen master&rdquo; (Jack Kornfield). Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down the Bones, shares her invaluable insight into writing as a source of creative power, and the daily ins and outs of the writer&rsquo;s task. Topics include balancing mundane responsibilities with a commitment to writing; knowing when to take risks as a writer and a human being; coming to terms with success, failure, and loss; and learning self-acceptance&mdash;both in life and art. Thought-provoking and practical, Wild Mind provides an abundance of suggestions for keeping the writing life vital and active, and includes more than thirty provocative &ldquo;try this&rdquo; exercises as jump-starters to get your pen moving. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Wild Mind

<div>The author of Writing Down the Bones shares her story of self-discovery through Zen Buddhism, in &ldquo;beautiful and simple prose&rdquo; (Library Journal). In this autobiographical work, Natalie Goldberg takes us on a journey from her suburban childhood to her maturation as a writer. From the high-school classroom where she first listened to the rain, to her fifteen years as a student of Zen Buddhism, Natalie Goldberg&rsquo;s path is by turns illuminating, disciplined, heartbreaking, hilarious, and healing. Along the way she reflects on her life and work in prose that is both elegant and precise, reminding the reader of what it means to be fully alive. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Long Quiet Highway

<div>From the author of Writing Down the Bones: This novel about a Brooklyn-born woman&rsquo;s self-reinvention in Taos, New Mexico, &ldquo;explodes with wit and vision&rdquo; (Indianapolis News). Nell Schwartz is a Brooklyn-born Jewish girl who reinvents herself in the communes of Taos, renaming herself Banana Rose&mdash;because she&rsquo;s &ldquo;bananas.&rdquo; But Nell struggles with her inner fears and desires, the demands of the artist&rsquo;s life, and the irrepressible call of home.While living in New Mexico, Nell falls in love with and marries a free-spirited horn player named Gauguin. They travel east to experience city life, and then to the Midwest to be closer to family, but their tempestuous relationship cools as Nell&rsquo;s free-spiritedness and Jewishness seem under constant scrutiny. For solace, Nell turns to her friend Anna, a writer who teaches Nell what it means to be an artist. Nell is slowly transformed by love, loss, and art, gaining a new sense of self.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Banana Rose

<div>Guidance on how to turn those flashes of inspiration into finished pieces, from the author of Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind. Any writer may find himself or herself with an abundance of raw material, but it takes patience and care to turn this material into finished stories, essays, poems, novels, and memoirs. Referencing her own experiences both as a writer and as a student of Zen, Natalie provides insight into the struggles and demands of turning ideas into concrete form. Her guidance addresses ways to overcome writer&rsquo;s block, deal with the fear of criticism and rejection, get the most from working with an editor, and improve one&rsquo;s writing by reading accomplished authors. She communicates this with her characteristic humor and compassion, and a deep respect for writing as an act of celebration. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Natalie Goldberg

Books By Natalie Goldberg (4 Books)

Wild Mind

Long Quiet Highway

Banana Rose

Thunder and Lightning

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Natalie Goldberg

Books By Natalie Goldberg (4 Books)

Wild Mind

Long Quiet Highway

Banana Rose

Thunder and Lightning

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