Book
The empathy exams : essays / Leslie Jamison.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781555976712
- ISBN: 1555976719
- Physical Description: 226 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2014]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Empathy. Pain. |
Available copies
- 5 of 9 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Boone Area Library | 814.6 JAM (Text) | 33249020933689 | Non-fiction | Checked Out | 05/18/2024 |
| Cambria County Library | 814.6 J328e (Text) | 85131001423251 | CACM Non-Fiction | Checked Out | 04/29/2024 |
| Dalton Community Library | 814.6 JAMISON (Text) | 50689010370848 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults 814 JAM Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000739557 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | 814.6 Jamison Essays (Text) | 39427103048666 | Fiction Room: Essays | Checked Out | 05/04/2024 |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 814.6 JAM 2014 (Text) | 31001101878164 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |
| South Fork Public Library | NON FIC 814.6 Jam (Text) | 31814900604734 | SFKM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Allentown Public Library | 814.6 JAMI (Text) | 34455005955253 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 814.6 J32e (Text) | 31901003678184 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 04/25/2024 |
