Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness

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Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness

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54 minutes

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Jun 19, 2007

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In her presentation, "Yikes! Elysium: Writing About Happiness," Christine Hemp tackles what she describes as a necessary tension between "sunlight" and "the underworld" in fiction and nonfiction writing.

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Jun 19, 2007

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Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness

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