Episode 79 Bonus: Lauren Fleshman on writing through depression and living by chaos

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Episode 79 Bonus: Lauren Fleshman on writing through depression and living by chaos

Christie Aschwanden

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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Jan 19, 2023

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In this bonus episode we talk with runner and memoirist Lauren Fleshman about “living by chaos,” showing up, wild writing, her mentor Laure Wagner (Episode 69), writing through depression, and “saying it your way.”

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Emerging Form is a podcast about the creative process in which a journalist (Christie Aschwanden) and a poet (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer) discuss creative conundrums over wine. Each episode concludes with a game of two questions in which a guest joins in to help answer questions about the week's topic. Season one guests include poets, novelists, journalists, a song writer, a circus performer, a sketch artist and a winemaker.

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