Lidia Yuknavitch
From Design Matters with Debbie Millman by Design Matters Media
March 16, 2026 · 1h 21m
About this episode
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her life experiences, including her childhood, competitive swimming, and the film adaptation of her book.
Lidia Yuknavitch is the bestselling author of The Chronology of Water , Reading the Waves , and The Big M , and a writer whose work blurs genre to explore themes of memory, embodiment, grief, and transformation. She joins to discuss her childhood, her early life as a competitive swimmer, the film adaptation of The Chronology of Water directed by Kristen Stewart, and how storytelling can reshape the narratives we carry. Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Debbie Millman
Guest: Lidia Yuknavitch
Topics covered
- memory
- embodiment
- grief
- transformation
- storytelling
- competitive swimming
Keywords
- Lidia Yuknavitch
- The Chronology of Water
- storytelling
- grief
- memory
- transformation
- competitive swimming
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Chronology of Water, Reading the Waves, The Big M
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