The Great Failure A Bartender, a Monk, and my Unlikely Path to Truth available in audiotape and CD (Sounds True) The Great Failure is a boundless embrace, leaving nothing out. We hear the words “repression,” “rationalization,” any method to squirm away. But in the end this kind of coping only leads to more pain....I wrote this book in the hope of meeting what's real. It is my humble effort to illuminate the path of honesty. To order, call Sounds True at 1-800-333-9185.

Writing Down The Bones (Sounds True) Fifteen years after its breakthrough publication, Natalie reads aloud Writing Down the Bones and comments spontaneously after each chapter. This special collector's edition includes an exclusive interview with the author not available anywhere else, plus two postcards with Natalie's original art. To order, call Sounds True at 1-800-333-9185.

Long Quiet Highway (Sounds True) From bestselling author Natalie Goldberg, here is the story of her life as a spiritual seeker struggling to "free the writer within," a vividly told odyssey that takes us from the 1950's schoolyards of Long Island to the high plains of Taos to the Zen temples of Japan. To order, call Sounds True at 1-800-333-9185.

Thunder and Lightning (Sounds True) On this sequel to her perennial bestseller Writing Down the Bones (nearly one million copies in print), Natalie Goldberg gives writers a map for taking their best ideas and inspirations - their thunder and lightning - and turning them into finished stories, essays, and novels, ready for publication. The challenge we face as writers, Goldberg says, begins with the process of turning inward and then trying to communicate what we find. From the the secret of letting characters and stories "write themselves" - to finding mentor sources and responding to criticism - to writing's one essential ingredient: the mind - here are all-new Zen-based lessons and reflections, refined and proven over the past decade at Natalie's acclaimed national writer's workshops. For published authors and for new writers just filling their first notebook, Natalie's vision encompasses not only the nuts and bolts of clear and complete writing, but also the space from which books appear, out of nowhere, like Thunder and Lightning. Collectors edition includes book-on-tape read by the author, plus commentary and an exclusive author interview. To order, call Sounds True at 1-800-333-9185.

Zen Howl On Zen Howl, Natalie joins a zen teacher to explore the natural (and sometimes unnatural) connections between writing and Zen.

The Writing Life (Sounds True) Bestselling authors Natalie Goldberg and Julie Cameron come together for the first time to explode cherished misconceptions about who should write, and why they should do it. Join these two legends of the writer's craft as they open the door to the writer's world for everybody — not just a chosen few. To order, call Sounds True at 1-800-333-9185.

 Writer's AudioShop Tape Series

Writing the Landscape of Your Mind Natalie's Minnesota Workshop (Writer's AudioShop) Sit with the audience and listen to the outrageous sage of modern American writing weave writing and Zen practice. Hear the audience members share what they've discovered through Writing Practice. "Trust yourself," Natalie says. "You create the universe."

Wild Mind Living the Writer's Life (Writer's AudioShop) Named one of 1995's Best Audiobooks by Publishers Weekly, this abridged version of Wild Mind, approved and read by Natalie Goldberg, will teach you how to get in touch with the mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive and hungry." Natalie comments briefly on the book that unleashed wildness in writing practice.

To order these or other tapes in the Natalie Goldberg AudioShop series,
call 1-800-88-WRITE (1-800-889-7483)