The great spring : writing, Zen, and this zigzag life / Natalie Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Natalie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Zen Buddhism.

Creative writing.

Physical Description:

xv, 207 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

"What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive, experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Searching 1

1 On the Shores of Lake Biwa 3

2 Tennis 21

3 A Long Relationship with Zen 26

4 Blossom 31

Wandering 39

5 The Great Spring 41

6 Wrong Way 50

7 Archer City 59

8 A Student Again 70

9 Rain and the Temple 82

Zigzagging 89

10 Dog-Bite Enlightenment 91

11 Iowa 109

12 Writing as a Visual Art 115

13 The Lineage of Literature 123

Losing 131

14 In the Crossing 133

15 Losing Katherine 137

16 BJ 146

17 Old Zendo 152

18 Lost Purse 156

19 Another New Year 162

Leaping 167

20 Meeting the Chinese in St. Paul 169

21 First Edition 181

22 A Time of No Place 188

23 Zen at the High Chaparral 200.

ISBN:

9781611803167

1611803160

OCLC:

906798168