![]() ![]() ![]() Jamison notes with concern that ironic detachment has become the fallback in this "post-wounded" age that fears "anything too tender, too touchy-feely." The Empathy Exams presents a brainy but heartfelt case for compassion even at the risk of sentimentality. How?Ī boyfriend once called Leslie Jamison "a wound dweller." This is one of many personal morsels she shares in her virtuosic book of essays, The Empathy Exams, in which she intrepidly probes sore spots to explore how our reactions to both our own pain and that of others define us as human beings. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Empathy Exams Subtitle Essays Author Leslie Jamison ![]()
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