Richard Goodman
August 2010
"So much more than an engaging memoir of New York, this is a heart laid bare. One can learn much from this man who feels tender toward
cobblestones and old women, nostalgic about a daughter's childhood, frightened at the prospect of dying alone—a rare individual who, with honesty, sensuousness, and keen observation, turns yearning and remembrance into art." —Susan Vreeland, author of Luncheon at the Boating Party and Girl in Hyacinth Blue  Catalog Copy for A New York Memoir (873.8KB) |
My WorksFrench Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France
Escaping the sound and fury of New York, Richard moved to a small village in Provence, near Avignon. There he found a tiny plot of streamside land and set about raising a copious vegetable garden that eventually connected him to his village and to the villagers in ways he never would have dreamed. The Soul of Creative Writing The Soul of Creative Writing is a love letter to the English language. In ten passion-fueled essays, Richard Goodman has collected rich examples from writers of the past and present, both great and small, and uses them to illustrate how each element of our written language can be used. Although the title indicates The Soul of Creative Writing is for writers—and it is—the book is also for anyone who simply loves language and literature. ESSAYS, ARTICLES, PROFILES AND STORIES
"The Man Who Gave Me Japan" from the January 2010 issue of Michigan Today This rememberance of the great Japanese scholar and translator Edward G. Seidensticker was just published in the most recent issue of Michigan Today. "An Evening With William Burroughs" Thirty-five years ago, Richard spent an evening with William Burroughs in his London flat. Burroughs talked about Naked Lunch, Terry Southern, Jean Genet and Norman Mailer, as a host of friends came and went. |
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