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Create the conditions for your own creativity: Yaa Gyasi on "Transcendent Kingdom"
Create the conditions for your own creativity: Yaa Gyasi on "Transcendent Kingdom"
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
To make a creative leap, get to know your creative self. After publishing a blockbuster first novel, "Homegoing," followed by a year of touring (and trying to write in hotel rooms), author Yaa Gyasi realized she needed two things to reconnect with her next story: space and time. She shares the creation process of "Transcendent Kingdom" : how she got started, how she gave herself permission to pause – and how to get the feedback she needed.Follow along (with transcript and photos) at listen.sparkandfire.com/kingdomSubscribe to the Spark & Fire weekly newsletter for images, stories and creative prompts: http://eepurl.com/hkmyMrSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
May 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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