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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice —"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."
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- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 256
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- Distributed by Random House, Sounds True, Shambhala
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781590303160
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Natalie Goldberg is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. - Wikipedia
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