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Piirto, J. (2002) "My Teeming Brain": Understanding Creative Writers.

Publication: Roeper Review
Publication Date: 22-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Piirto, J. (2002) "My Teeming Brain": Understanding Creative Writers.(Book Review)

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Piirto, J. (2002) "My Teeming Brain": Understanding Creative Writers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (395 pp., $27.50 pb, $79.50 hb, ISBN-1-57273-276-8).

This book is a detailed report about a massive research project studying creative writers. The project was completed singularly by the author and researcher, Jane Piirto. The book situates the study in the creativity research literature and more broadly in its nexus of the field of psychology. Piirto frames her analysis of the work by and about 160 writers within the context of the Piirto Pyramid model. Not only will those who desire greater understanding of the lives of creative writers be interested in this book, but researchers seeking examples of excellent qualitative analytical studies will have this book on their shelves.

This book is organized in two...

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