Episode 92: Leslie Jamison

Published: May 14, 2014, 4:59 p.m.

b'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'