Emerging Form

“I had to reassess how I approached creativity and life in general,” says author Todd Mitc... more

“There are enough talented people out there,” says Julia Belluz, “but only collaborate wit... more

“I’m a striver,” poet Alison Luterman, “still striving to grow.” In this interview with th... more

Can poetry be a form of medicine? In this week’s bonus episode, we share a guest podcast, ... more

How do we take care of our creative selves? How do we step off the wheel of production and... more

Everyone has creative genius, says Diana Hill, PhD, and in her new book, Wise Effort: How ... more

“The first draft is absolute torture,” says historical nonfiction writer David Baron. And ... more

In this episode, we talk with Michael about the importance of mentors and how sometimes th... more

One day, nationally acclaimed poet Maria Kelson hit “a poetry wall” for no identifiable re... more

When Starre Varten sat down to write her book [The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us abo... more

Making something is fun. Promoting it? Not so much… On this episode of Emerging Form, Rose... more

“I am just discovering myself as a novelist,” says international bestselling novelist Shel... more

“I try to be really open to anything that comes my way,” says bestselling author Bonnie Ts... more

“You have to have a lot of patience,” says science writer Jennie Erin Smith about working ... more

When a creative project lasts for many years, how do you create a cohesive story? How do y... more

How can looking at the past help us understand what to do about a current crisis? “I’m a f... more

What happens when the subject of your creative practice scares you? Not only that, but wha... more

Knowing your audience is everything for a storyteller, and sometimes that information come... more

Humor for the joy of it is reason enough, but in this episode we speak with storyteller Bi... more

“Practice teaches us to have faith in the process,” says Andrea Barrett, National Book Awa... more

“I turn to the poem, I turn to the page for a sense of hope, how to move through life, how... more

“Doing this book took me out of my comfort zone, into new fields I wasn’t comfortable with... more

How do the stories we tell become intricately involved with our identities? And how do we ... more

How can our creative practice extend to the way we treat other people? How might we build ... more

Artificial Intelligence now permeates our daily lives. What conversations are we not havin... more

How does storytelling matter? Why might we bring in feelings about our children or a momen... more

There’s an art to deep listening and eliciting enlivening conversation, and in this episod... more