Creativity 2020

Writers share what they have been thinking about, working on, and reading in 2020 ... exploring creativity in quarantine, in isolation, in grief, in action, in disruption...
  • Creativity in 2020: A History in Motion

    November 23, 2020

    We asked Justin, poet and student at the Yale Prison Education Initiative, to reflect on creativity in 2020. In response, he shared this poem, a rich and...
  • Garry Trudeau: Creativity in Isolation

    July 13, 2020

    In response to our invitation to describe the work he is currently pursuing, Garry Trudeau—cartoonist, writer, and creator of “Doonesbury”—described the...
  • Peter Cole: Creativity in Isolation

    July 8, 2020

    We asked poet and translator Peter Cole to reflect on creativity in 2020. He answered by speaking about about writing in times of extremity and art as response...
  • Susan Bee: Creativity in Isolation

    July 7, 2020

    We asked artist Susan Bee to reflect on creativity in 2020. She gave us a video tour of her Brooklyn studio, including views of a dynamic new body of work she...
  • Matt Leifheit: Creativity 2020

    June 22, 2020

    In response to our invitation to describe the work he is currently pursuing, photographer and filmmaker Matt Leifheit walks us through his daily pursuit of...
  • Victory Garden: Creativity in Action

    June 15, 2020

    We asked artists in the Victory Garden Collective to reflect on creativity in 2020. In response, they shared this statement of Creativity in Action, exploring...