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"The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language" by Natalie Goldberg

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published March 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM EDT

    Natalie Goldberg, teacher and author of Writing Down the Bones, joins us to talk about her new book: The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language.

She offers writing guidance learned from years of teaching and practice in the second part of the hour.
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