Uncorking a Story Podcast

Uncorking a Story

Hosted ByMike Carlon

Stories influence, teach and inspire us, but what about the storytellers who create them? Uncorking a Story profiles storytellers to uncover how their background and life experiences influence the stories they create. We learn what motivates them, their path to success, and what fuels them to keep creating. It all starts by asking one simple question, where does your story begin? Welcome to uncorking a story. All of the books promoted on Uncorking a Story can be viewed and purchased here: https://bookshop.org/shop/UncorkingaStory

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Getting Weird, with Eric G. Wilson

December 23, 2022 MPN Uncorking a Story 0 Comments
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What’s wrong with being a little weird? I am fortunate in my career to meet new people every week through the work that I do and let me tell you, I definitely get a chance to see a good cross-section of humanity. Who do I remember the most? The ones who are, shall I say, a little off kilter. Who experience the world just a little bit (and sometimes a lot) differently than those in the center of the normal curve of distribution. To answer my own question, there’s nothing wrong with being a little weird; in fact, we should celebrate weirdness. I know that my guest today, Eric G. Wilson agrees with me. After all, he wrote a book on how to be weird!

Meet Eric Wilson

Eric is the Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University, where he teaches creative writing and British Romantic poetry. He is author of Against Happiness, Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck, and Dream-Child: A life of Charles Lamb. He recently joined me on Uncorking a Story to talk about his career and latest book, How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life.

Key Topics:

  1. How advice from a therapist encouraged Eric to change his goals as a parent.
  2. How Bill Murray changed his life.
  3. How he was able to pivot from academic writing to more creative writing.
  4. Why it’s important to let our inner weirdness out.
  5. Exercises for enhancing our creativity.

Buy How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3V0fZxz

Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780143136576

Connect with Eric

Website: http://www.ericgwilson.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericgwilson777/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.g.wilson.3

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericgwilson

Connect with Mike

Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/

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