author, 'The Empathy Exams'
Author of The Empathy Exams: Essays
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Leslie Jamison
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What is the nature of addiction? Writer Leslie Jamison talks about her alcoholism, and how she tries -- as a writer -- to make the recovery story as interesting as the addiction story.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Leslie Jamison's Empathy Exams Where does empathy come from? What does it mean to try to fully understand another person’s pain? These and many more questions are posed in Leslie Jamison's new collection of essays. We talk to her about her new book, The Empathy Exams : Essays.
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