The Everyday Gift of Writing Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye says writing is “an act that helps you, preserves you, energizes you in the very doing of it.” She calls herself a “wandering poet,” and her words point to shining corners of beauty in the world we see every day. A visiting poet all over the world, Naomi Shihab Nye is a professor of creative writing at Texas State University. Her books include 19 Varieties of Gazelle , A Maze Me: Poems for Girls , and Transfer . Her most recent book is The Tiny Journalist . Find the transcript at onbeing.org.

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The Everyday Gift of Writing Naomi Shihab Nye is an episode from Becoming Wise by On Being Studios.

This episode is 00:06:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2019.

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