On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge: The University of Georgia Annual Lectures on Creativity. - Review - book review

Adolescence, Spring, 2001

TORRANCE, E. Paul (Ed.). On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge: The University of Georgia Annual Lectures on Creativity. Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing, 2000. 186pp. $65.00 (h), $24.95 (p).

On the Edge and Keeping on the Edge contains the first ten lectures in a series sponsored by the University of Georgia's Torrance Center for Creative Studies. Drawing together scholars from the cutting edge of creativity research, the editor asked each contributor to describe what he or she has done "to keep on the edge." In the first essay, E. Paul Torrance spoke of his experiences in using his networks to stimulate and keep the creative process flowing. The other areas addressed are creative problem solving (Sidney J. Parnes), the psychology of thinking (Donald J. Treffinger), intergenerational influences (Robert D. Strom), empowerment (Irving S. Sato), visioning (Joe Khatena), questioning (Garnet Millar), philosophy and ethics (Joseph P. Hester), the Beyonders (Kobus Neethling), and motivation (Dorothy A. Sisk).