“Memoir writers, buy this book, put it on your personal altar, or carry it with you as you traverse the deep ruts of your old road.” —Tom Spanbauer, author of
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
Old Friend from Far Away
teaches writers how to tap into their unique memories to tell their story.
Twenty years ago Natalie Goldberg’s classic,
Writing Down the Bones
, broke new ground in its approach to writing as a practice. Now,
—her first book since
to focus solely on writing—reaffirms Goldberg’s status as a foremost teacher of writing, and completely transforms the practice of writing memoir.
To write memoir, we must first know how to remember. Through timed, associative, and meditative exercises,
guides you to the attentive state of thought in which you discover and open forgotten doors of memory. At once a beautifully written celebration of the memoir form, an innovative course full of practical teachings, and a deeply affecting meditation on consciousness, love, life, and death,
welcomes aspiring writers of all levels and encourages them to find their unique voice to tell their stories. Like
, it will become an old friend to which readers return again and again.