Episode 92: Leslie Jamison
Leslie Jamison has written for The Believer, Harper's and The New York Times. Her latest book is The Empathy Exams.\n\n"I sort of love imagining a small army of 22-year-old men who are just like, 'Fuck that book, I wish it was never published.'"\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and Harry's for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@lsjamison\nlesliejamison.com\nJamison on Longform\n[9:00] The Empathy Exams (Graywolf Press \u2022 Apr 2014)\n[12:15] "La Plata Perdida" (A Public Space \u2022 Nov 2009) [sub. req'd]\n[13:15] "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain" (Virginia Quarterly Review \u2022 Apr 2014)\n[17:00] "Is It Harder to Write About Happiness Than Its Opposite?" (New York Times \u2022 Mar 2014)\n[18:15] The Gin Closet: A Novel (Free Press \u2022 Feb 2010)\n[27:30] Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy \u2022 Harper Perennial \u2022 Mar 2003)\n[43:00] "The Devil's Bait" (Harper's \u2022 Sep 2013)\n[49:00] "The Empathy Exams" (The Believer \u2022 Feb 2014)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices