Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born

Denise Shekerjian

Penguin Publishing Group, Feb 1, 1991 - Psychology - 272 pages

Drawing on interviews with 40 winners of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship—the so-called "genius awards"—the insightful study throws fresh light on the creative process.

Contents

• TALENT AND THE LONG HAUL: 1
• TAKING ON RISK: 16
• STAYING LOOSE: 32

About the author

Denise Shekerjian is a writer, author, and attorney. Shekerjian has published two nonfiction books and nearly a dozen literary essays. She also assists clients with memoirs, blogs, resumes, essays, grants, and other nonfiction material. Her writing specialties are the creative process, law, and politics. She has received two Pushcart Prize nominations, a New Jersey Council on the Arts award and was a Marshall Fellow in Civil Liberties. She holds an honorary doctorate in letters from the University of Vermont.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born
• Author: Denise Shekerjian
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1991
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: May 14, 2009
• ISBN: 0140109862, 9780140109863
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Psychology / Creative Ability; Self-Help / Creativity