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Richard writes about the great garden writer, Henry Mitchell, on Willi Galloway's blog, digginfood.

Richard writes about Five Great Prison Books on Karen Templer's blog Readerville.

Richard discusses Five Fine Collections of Letters on C.M. Mayo's blog, Madam Mayo.

Richard's ideas about Finding a Good Title on Leslie Pietrzyk's blog, Work-in-Progress.

Richard's subject on Leslie Pietrzyk's blog, Work-in-Progress: Where Do I Get the Nerve to Write a Book About Writing?

Richard writes about Five Books with Soul on C.M. Mayo's Madam Mayo.

"Looking the Reader in the Eye," on Leslie Pietrzyk's blog, Work-in-Progress.

Read about A Day in the Life of a Writer on Leslie Pietrzyk's blog, Work-in-Progress.

Richard is interviewed by Susan Perry for her blog on Psychology Today's website.

Richard Writes About Prison Books and Writing in Longhand and Other Matters on Friends' Blogs

On Writing in Longhand

June 22, 2009

Richard on the Pleasures and Benefits of Writing in Longhand on Leslie Pietrzyk's blog

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Selected Works

Nonfiction
French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

"I possess a deep prejudice against anything written by Anglo-Saxons about their lives in or near French villages. So, Richard, I thank you for breaking the spell. I like very much what you wrote."
–M.F.K. Fisher

"French Dirt is one of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American."
–San Francisco Chronicle

"Goodman borrows a plot of land on which to grow a garden, a project that his neighbors view first with curiosity, then with sympathy and a deepening sense of involvement. There's a genuine sweetness about the way the cucumbers and tomatoes bridge the divide of nationality."
-Francine Prose, New York Times

The Soul of Creative Writing

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"Richard Goodman’s marvelous book, The Soul of Creative Writing, will instruct, delight, edify, challenge, reassure, and guide any student of writing to a personal best."
–Molly Peacock, author of Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems

"Richard Goodman is one of the most generous and astute literary guides I've read. This book is a gift to writers."
–Rebecca Walker, author of Black, White and Jewish

"This book is not just for writers then, but for lovers of words and writing. For renewing my excitement about what I've chosen to do for a living, this book deserves thirteen exclamation marks".
–Stephanie Dickison, The Writer

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Richard interviewed by poet Jeanie Thompson for Alabama Public Radio
Richard interviewed by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
Richard interviewed by Derek Alger of Pif Magazine
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