Lawrence Shainberg is an American

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born in Memphis, Tennessee. His books include ''Ambivalent Zen'', a memoir of spiritual ambition and his experience with Kyudo Nakagawa, ''One on One'', ''Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of the World'', ''Memories of Amnesia'', and ''Crust''. His latest memoir ''Four Men Shaking'' details his "transformative relationships" with

Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least ...

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

, and his Zen master Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi. Shainberg has had numerous essays published in ''The New York Times'', ''Harper's Magazine'', and ''The Village Voice''. ''Exorcising Beckett'', a memoir of his conversations with

first published in ''

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'' in 1987, won the

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. In 1968, he signed the ''

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'' pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. He lives in New York City. He is a graduate of

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Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Emory University
Lawrence Shainberg papers related to Samuel Beckett, 1973-1988
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