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Kent Haruf, Truman Capote, Wendell Berry, Jane Smiley

member since
September 2008


About this author

Naseem is an award winning author and journalist whose stories have been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her best selling novel The Crying Tree is a winner of the 2010 PNBA Book Award and recent Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

Naseem is interested in stories that have spur discussion and interest in critical social issues.

Naseem is represented by Markson Thoma Literary Agency in NYC

"Beautifully written, expertly crafted, forcefully rendered. The Crying Tree is a story of redemption, but at its core it is a love story as well, and that is the most powerful story of all." Garth Stein, Author The Art of Racing in the Rain

"Spellbinding storytelling." Publishers Weekly

"A beautiful and passionate novel that never becom...more


On January 30th, I left my home and family to spend an entire month by myself on the south rim of the Grand Canyon as an Artist In Residence. The National Park Service chooses twelve people a year to revel in a month of solitude and solid work. I plan to drive the 1400 miles to Arizona so that I can have my easel, computer, and books, guitar and hiking boots. Everything else, will get left behi... read more »
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Published on February 10, 2013 08:30 • 29 views • Tags: artist-in-residence, grand-canyon-writing, menopause-and-family, solitude-and-writing, writing-your-second-book
Average rating: 3.82 · 1,809 ratings · 447 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
The Crying Tree
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,807 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions

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My Year with Harry Potter (Select)
1 chapters   —   updated Jul 25, 2011 06:41am
Description: First Appeared in Shelf Awareness, 7/21/2011
THE BIRTH OF A BOOK (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Aug 13, 2009 03:03pm
Description: The Crying Tree's debut days
Dancing in Antwerp (Health, Mind & Body)
1 chapters   —   updated Apr 29, 2009 06:44am
Description: Essay about a YouTube film of people dancing to The Sound of Music in a railway station in Antwerp

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Listening for Coyote by William L. Sullivan
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Canyon Crossing by Seth Muller
I picked up this book at the Grand Canyon Kolb Studio after completing my first solo hike down the South Kaibab and then up the Bright Angel Trail. It was the end of a very fruitful one month stay at the canyon as one of their Artists in Residence....more
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Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
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Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus by Deborah Jiang Stein
Even Tough Girls Wear Tutus
by Deborah Jiang Stein (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2013
Probably the only book I know of told by someone born in a prison. Candid and revealing.
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Burn This House by Kelly Davio
Burn This House
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A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord
read in October, 2012
I inherited this book from my parents bookshelves after my mom died. Was prompted to pick it up and read after my 12 year old began studying the Titanic. I really did not know anything more about the disaster than the most basic details: big ship, un...more
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
recommended for: anyone - but young boys - age 12 and up in particular
read in July, 2012
I bought this after hearing Sherman speak at a writing conference in Bellingham. I had never met him before, and was struck by his candor and wit. His advice to writers - "have no secrets." It was clear in his talk that he took this to heart (speakin...more
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“It had been so beautiful. Life had been so simple and so terribly beautiful.”
Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“Love is the prerogative of the brave (Mohandas Gandhi)”
Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

“Maybe a family is linked in ways we have no way to understand. Some unseen, cellular connection that binds us past and present. If so, perhaps when my brother died, those cells we shared died as well. And for us, that would have been the heart. Those fine, fragile walls that let us embrace life with fearlessness and faith. We suffer because our heart is dying, one small cell at a time.”
Naseem Rakha, The Crying Tree

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Naseem Lori wrote: "I saw that Kent Haruf has a book coming out next year. :)"
Thanks for letting me know. He is a master.


message 4: by Lori

Lori I saw that Kent Haruf has a book coming out next year. :)


message 3: by Yas

Yas Thanks for accepting me the other day. I just finished your book, its superb! I look forward to more :)


Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hi Naseem and thanks for the friendship! You're bio is so interesting.
Blessings,
Jeannie


message 1: by Beth

Beth Hi Naseem,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as on Facebook!


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