The Empathy Lady/ Celebrated essayist Leslie Jamison, who is on the longlist for a PEN Literary Award, has struck a tricky balance between her privacy and the shared emotion she has come to represent.
March 27, 2015 14:32 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., March 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Last week finalists were announced for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. "For some writers," said Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN American...
Same As It Ever Was
September 17, 2014 10:52 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This is the dream that writers have—that once you hit a home run, once you publish something big and the applause rings in your ears, then...
The Empathy Results
April 22, 2014 12:03 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., April 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leslie Jamison began by describing pain that didn't exist, that was scripted for her in her role as a medical actor in role-playing sessions that...