About this episode
Lewis Hyde is a scholar, essayist, translator, cultural critic and writer whose scholarly work focuses on the nature of imagination, creativity, and property. His book, THE GIFT: Creativity and the Artist in the modern world is now considered a classic. Written over twenty-five years ago, this book is even more necessary today than when it first appeared. The Gift brilliantly orchestrates a defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. In this episode, Stephen talks with Lewis Hyde about his books The Gift , Trickster Makes This World and how the artist makes his way through today’s world. If you’d like to go deeper into the conversation, we have a short interview segment with Lewis Hyde for our patrons on his most recent book, A Primer for forgetting: Getting Past The Past Lewis Hyde If you have been inspired by this or other conversations on the Makers and Mystics podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon . We have lots of additional content and a thriving creative collective where we share ideas, regular, live interactions and works in progress. Send us a text Support the show Join the Makers and Mystics Creative Collective Get Tickets to The Breath and The Clay 2026 featuring Malcolm Guite, Jon Guerra, and Jonathan Pageau! March 20-22 in Winston Salem, NC.