Leslie Jamison: "The Empathy Exams"
Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask this essential question: Can we truly feel another’s pain? In "The Empathy Exams," her New York Times best-selling collection, she channels Susan Sontag to arrive at startling insights on the human condition. Jac Jemc, author of "My Only Wife" and "A Different Bed Every Time," joins her for a conversation.
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