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Christie Aschwanden

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Christie Aschwanden

    Emerging Form - Heather Hansman (opens the original)

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    “The problem with heroes, of course, is that no one is perfect, says Heather Hansman, author of Fierce Country. “Mine aren’t. They bumbled and lied and burned bridges and screwed up. They were often egotistical and angry, driven by an obsessive kind of love.” In this episode of Emerging Form, we talk with Heather about how her new book explores new kinds of heroes–specifically women in the outdoors–and why these voices have not been heard much in the past and why it’s important that we do hear a

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Christie Aschwanden

    Emerging Form - Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer The Wonderment (opens the original)

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    “I feel like these two questions are at the heart of all creative process: What is here? What else is here?” In this episode, Rosemerry and Christie talk about Rosemerry’s new book, The Wonderment, and the four questions that are at the heart of it. How do questions drive a creative practice? We also talk about how to create art out of what is familiar and common, how paradox and metaphor work to create a larger lens for re-seeing the world, how sometimes we swing between loving and hating what

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Christie Aschwanden

    Emerging Form - Claire Boyles on the Relationship Between Fiction and Real Life (opens the original)

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    “My writing often comes to me that way–something that interests me in the real life world, something kind of political and thorny, something I don’t entirely totally know how I think about it, something I’m interested in exploring.” These words from short story writer and novelist Claire Boyles are at the heart of this episode on the relationship between fiction and real life. How might having personal experience in a certain arena both help and hinder our ability to use it as material for ficti

  4. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Christie Aschwanden

    Emerging Form - Elizabeth Preston on Getting From Big Idea to Book (opens the original)

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    “Sometimes I let the subconscious deal with it,” says science writer Elizabeth Preston, author of the new book The Creature’s Guide to Caring, How animal parents teach us that humans were born to care. In this interview, we talk about the evolution of a manuscript–how she went from the “Big Idea” to the actual book. Other threads include the importance of walking away, balancing parenting with a writing life, why humor helps, the invitation to be bold, and how the “gnomes in the back of my head”

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Christie Aschwanden

    Emerging Form - Roberta Kwok on the Slow Path to Epiphany (opens the original)

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    “The book is about the opposite of the eureka moment,” says science writer Roberta Kwok about her new book, LOST IN CURIOSITY: Field Notes From Scientists’ Adventures into the Unknown. Join us in a conversation about the difficulties and gifts of showing up day after day. We talk about patience, wrestling with process, and the long slow path to epiphany–in science and in creative endeavors. We talk, too, about how to choose the right people to interview for a book based on research, how the body

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