Episode 217: Lidia Yuknavitch on Usefulness, Riding the Wave, and Being a Word Creature

Lidia Yuknavitch. Photo credit William Anthony

By Brendan O’Meara

Hey, CNFers, guess who’s here? Lidia Yuknavitch! She’s @LidiaYuknavitch on Twitter and @lidiasmiles on Instagram.

She’s the author of Scribd original “Letter to My Rage,” as well as the critically acclaimed memoir The Chronology of Water.

She also had a wildly popular TED Talk that I’ve seen a few times and love it every time. Check it:

Lidia doesn’t get much cooler and you’re going to love her approach to being useful, how the energy to write builds like a wave — and not the way you’re thinking about a wave right now, shouldering the door open and the “hotness” of the woman-writer-titans that cracked the world open for her.

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