Jamison, Leslie  (1983 -) <br/><br/>
The empathy exams :  essays 
/ Leslie Jamison. 
 - Minneapolis, MN  : Graywold Press  , 2014 
 - 226 p.  ; 21 cm 
<br/><br/> Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize 2011 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222). 
<br/><br/>The empathy exams -- Devil's bait -- La frontera -- Morphology of the hit -- Pain tours (I) : La plata perdida ; Sublime, revised ; Indigenous to the hood -- The immortal horizon -- In defense of saccharin(e) -- Fog count -- Pain tours (II) : Ex-votos ; Servicio supercompleto ; The broken heart of James Agee -- Lost boys -- Grand unified theory of female pain -- Works consulted -- Acknowledgements --Judge's afterword / Robert Polito -- A conversation with Leslie Jamison. 
<br/><br/> A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781555976712 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Empathy<br/>Pain
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3610.A485  / E47 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>814.6 JAM