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Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born Paperback - 1991

by Denise Shekerjian

In the tradition of The Creative Process, here is an absorbing look at creativity sure to be a perennial seller. Everyone from the budding entrepreneur to the weekend writer is looking for a great idea. But where do they come from? Denise Shekerjian interviewed 40 winners of the coveted MacArthur Foundation Fellowships--the "genius awards"--to uncover how they work and how they sneak up on great ideas. And Denise demonstrates how individuals can harness the creative spark in their own lives.


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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.

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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.

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  • Title Uncommon Genius: How Great Ideas Are Born
  • Author Denise Shekerjian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, Box W1
  • Date 1991-02-01
  • ISBN 9780140109863 / 0140109862
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.05 x 0.53 in (19.76 x 12.83 x 1.35 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Creative thinking, Creative thinking - Case studies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90043620
  • Dewey Decimal Code 153.35

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  • Publishers Weekly, 01/11/1991, Page 0

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.
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