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008			150519s20142014usa b 000 0 eng
020			_a9781555976712
050	0	0	_aPS3610.A485 _bE47 2014
082	1		_a814.6 JAM _2
100	1		_aJamison, Leslie _d(1983 -)
245	1	4	_aThe empathy exams : _bessays _c/ Leslie Jamison.
260			_aMinneapolis, MN _b: Graywold Press _c, 2014
300			_a226 p. _c; 21 cm
500			_aWinner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize 2011
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-222).
505	0		_aThe 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.
520	3		_aA 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aEmpathy
650		4	_aPain
942			_cMO
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