emmavt 's review for:

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde

5.0

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I cannot fully express here how important this book is. If you ever heard a little voice in your head, telling you that you might be a little bit creative, and that maybe the way our world seems to be structured does not value creativity, and that maybe that's not a good thing, this book will explain that little voice, and make you believe it. Not a wishywashy book by any means, this is academic. Originally published in part in the Kenyon Review (Lewis Hyde is now a professor at Kenyon College (what up, alma mater)), this book is a heavy hitter, and it's all worth it. Read this book.