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Book Friends ForeverThe Empathy Exams By Leslie Jamison Read by Leslie JamisonFrom personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection.
A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014
Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another’s pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted, or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain―real and im...
2025-12-0203 min
Rebellion Dogs RadioReplay Leslie Jamison and her book The RecoveringEpisode 38 of Rebellion Dogs Radio includes this interview with author Leslie Jamison at a Toronto hotel for her book tour. The Recovering is part memoir and part history of the Americana writers, creators, their work and their struggles.Jamison’s 2024 latest Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story is also autobiographical, this time about love, parenthood and divorce. For our interview of this replay podcast (#38), Leslie had her beautiful baby in tow - a book tour during the realities of parenthood - and Splinters is about love and divorce and parenthood, full of lived experiences. http://www...
2025-10-2152 min
Weekday Night Live at P&TChloé Caldwell and Leslie JamisonTuesday, August 5: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Chloé Caldwell to discuss her new book,Trying, a stirring account of disenfranchised grief and queer reawakening. Chloé was joined in conversation with Splinters author, Leslie Jamison.
2025-08-0753 min
For The Love Of Duluth77. Why Happy Hooker Charters Is Such A Great CatchWhen it comes to fishing on Lake Superior, many Northlanders are HOOKED from the very first bite, and with a body of water as grand as the great lake, you might need to call in a little help. For that, look no further than Happy Hooker Charters, the oldest and largest charter fishing company on this side of the lake, operating out of the exact same slip as the William A. Irvin in Canal Park for the most Duluth experience possible. Complete with seven charters, it’s the team that is the real catch here, serving the community since 1976 wit...
2025-05-0149 min
7amRead This: Leslie Jamison’s Search HistoryWriter Leslie Jamison is celebrated for her ability to link the personal to the cultural to the critical in ways that resonate and move and connect with readers. In this episode, from Schwartz Media’s podcast Read This, Michael sits down with Leslie to discuss her latest book, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a memoir about rebuilding a life after the end of a marriageReading list:The Gin Closet, Leslie Jamison, 2010The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison, 2014The Recovering, Leslie Jamison, 2018Splinters: Another Kind of Lo...
2024-12-3128 min
The Audio BrowserLeslie Jamison & Emmeline Clein Podcast: Awakeners (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Leslie Jamison & Emmeline CleinPub date: 2024-11-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn this episode of Awakeners, Lena chats with writers Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein. Clein studied with Jamison at Columbia University’s MFA program, and the pair published their most recent books—Jamison’s memoir, Splinters, and Clein’s debut essay collection, Dead Weight—the very same week back in February 2024.We discuss what they’re working on right now, what they talked abo...
2024-12-021h 41
Bookends with Mattea RoachLeslie Jamison: Capturing Peggy Guggenheim in fiction and honouring a friend's dreamThe novel Peggy fictionalizes the life of art collector Peggy Guggenheim and is Rebecca Godfrey's final project. Rebecca worked on Peggy for ten years before she died from lung cancer, leaving behind an unfinished manuscript and notes. Her close friend, writer Leslie Jamison, stepped in to fulfill Rebecca’s wishes and complete the book. Leslie talks to Mattea Roach about bringing Peggy's story to life and honouring her friend's legacy.
2024-11-2727 min
AwakenersLeslie Jamison & Emmeline CleinOn this episode of Awakeners, Lena chats with writers Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein. Clein studied with Jamison at Columbia University’s MFA program, and the pair published their most recent books—Jamison’s memoir, Splinters, and Clein’s debut essay collection, Dead Weight—the very same week back in February 2024.We discuss what they’re working on right now, what they talked about on their most recent lunch date, how Jamison’s “Archive Fever” class shaped Clein’s research, how to weave softness from words that cut, how both of their books engage with the (often maligned) desire to...
2024-11-191h 41
AwakenersLeslie Jamison & Emmeline CleinOn this episode of Awakeners, Lena chats with writers Leslie Jamison and Emmeline Clein. Clein studied with Jamison at Columbia University’s MFA program, and the pair published their most recent books—Jamison’s memoir, Splinters, and Clein’s debut essay collection, Dead Weight—the very same week back in February 2024.We discuss what they’re working on right now, what they talked about on their most recent lunch date, how Jamison’s “Archive Fever” class shaped Clein’s research, how to weave softness from words that cut, how both of their books engage with the (often maligned) desire to...
2024-11-191h 41
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2024-10-0400 min
My Unlived LifeLeslie JamisonLeslie and Miriam discuss what Leslie's life might have looked like if on a trip to Las Vegas she hadn’t married the man who became her husband and, ultimately father of her daughter, and instead had returned home to New York un-hitched. Along the way they talk about having a complicated relationship with uncertainty, how underlining in books is a love language, and writing at truck-stops at 2am.Leslie Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams; the collection of essays Make It Scream, Ma...
2024-07-151h 07
ReBloomWhen you share your real-life creative passions, joy, and fabulous opportunities happen!You are invited to take a sneak peek behind the curtains of Leslie Saeta’s 100-Year-Old dream home she shares with her husband Dave! As a full-time lifestyle blogger and influencer, she shares her ever-changing life in this gorgeous home as well as her beach house and a remodeled a fixer-upper home in Waco, Texas. Enjoy our fabulous conversation with Leslie and hear how she ReBloomed combining her passions for art, decor, DIY crafts, recipes, flea market shopping, and entertaining. Amazing things can happen when you follow your creative passions!Website: https://my100yearoldhome.com/Inst...
2024-06-1449 min
Read ThisLeslie Jamison’s Search HistoryLeslie Jamison is celebrated for her ability to link the personal to the cultural to the critical in ways that resonate and move and connect with readers. She first did it with The Empathy Exams – an essay, then a best-selling, award-winning collection. Now she is back with a new book, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a memoir about rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage. This week, Michael sits down with Leslie to discuss this latest work and what it means to be many things – a teacher, an artist, a lover and a mother. Reading list:The G...
2024-06-1230 min
Chronic CovenEp. 2 The Lost BoysJoin hosts Sam and Leslie as they discuss “The Lost Boys” (1987). In the sun-drenched coastal town of Santa Carla, California (the murder capital of the world), two brothers discover that their new home harbors a dark secret. As they delve deeper into the local nightlife, they uncover a group of charismatic vampires led by the enigmatic David. Caught between loyalty to family and the allure of immortality, the brothers must navigate a dangerous underworld to protect their loved ones and themselves.Directed by Joel Schumacher (known for “St. Elom’s Fire”, “Batman Forever”, and “Batman and Robin”)Starring Jason...
2024-04-071h 09
The Shift with Sam BakerLeslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet knowMy guest today is the American author and essayist, Leslie Jamison. Leslie has the kind of CV that makes other writers weep with envy: the memoir of her alcoholism, The Recovering was an NYT bestseller as was her essay collection The Empathy Exams. That’s the tip of the iceberg, but we only have so much time!Often compared to such legends as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag (no pressure), Leslie has now written Splinters: a glorious and heart-rending memoir of what it means to be a mother and a daughter, divorce and dating, of...
2024-03-1949 min
KQED's ForumNew Memoirs Take a Fresh Look at Divorce, American StyleFrom Leslie Jamison’s Splinters to Lyz Lenz’s This American Ex-Wife, a number of high-profile recent books explore womens’ experiences with divorce. We’ll talk with Jamison and journalist Tracy Clark-Flory about what these “divorce memoirs”, and their popularity, say about the state of marriage in America today.Guests:Leslie Jamison, author, "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story." Her other books include "The Empathy Exams."Tracy Clark-Flory, journalist; essayist; author of "Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire." Her newsletter c...
2024-03-0755 min
LA Review of BooksLeslie Jamison's "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story"Leslie Jamison joins Medaya and Kate to discuss her latest book Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a memoir that chronicles the birth of her daughter and the collapse of her marriage soon after. Jamison writes about the bond with her own mother, as well as the intense, consuming love for her child. The book is not only a story about her most intimate relationships, but an examination of doubt, betrayal, forgiveness and, as the subtitle says, love.
Also, Phillip B. Williams, author of Ours, returns to recommend The Black Book, edited by Toni Morrison.
2024-03-0154 min
Book PublicBook Public: 'Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story' by Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison discusses her memoir, 'Splinters: A Kind of Love Story' with Yvette Benavides.
2024-02-2032 min
Wild Precious LifeSplinters with Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison has written two essay collections, The Empathy Exams and Make It Scream, Make It Burn. She also gained prominence for her critical memoir, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath. She’s out now with a new book, Splinters, about raising a child during the end of a relationship and the beginning of the pandemic. In today’s episode, Annmarie and Leslie talk about motherhood and how it’s both a mad transformative mystery and a boring daily slog. It’s both the Cheerios ground into the carpet and the love etched into your heart. ...
2024-02-201h 07
Latest Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenSplinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie JamisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story Author: Leslie Jamison Narrator: Leslie Jamison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love. Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, the complex. She has...
2024-02-2003 min
Discover A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Breakthrough.Splinters by Leslie JamisonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/2629to listen full audiobooks.
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Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, the complex. But while Jamison has never shied away from challenging material—scouring her own psyche and digging into our most unanswerable questions across four books—Splinters enters a new realm. In her first memoir, Jamison turns her unrivaled powers of perception on some of t...
2024-02-208h 32
New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsSplinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie JamisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/689710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story Author: Leslie Jamison Narrator: Leslie Jamison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: February 20, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love. Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, the complex. She has...
2024-02-2003 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingLeslie Jamison (Returns Again)Leslie Jamison is the author of two essay collections— The Empathy Exams and Make It Scream, Make It Burn—a critical memoir, The Recovering, and a novel, The Gin Closet. She’s written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer. Her new book is called Splinters. Jamison teaches at the Columbia University MFA program, where she directs the nonfiction concentration.We talked about how structure can be the answer to figuring out how to get a story on the page, the process of writing versus vet...
2024-02-191h 03
Otherppl with Brad Listi900. Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison is the author of the memoir Splinters, available from Little, Brown & Co. Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams; the collection of essays Make It Scream, Make It Burn, a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award; and the novel The Gin Closet, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and her work has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, Harper's, the New York Times Book Review, the Oxford American, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, among many others. S...
2024-02-181h 14
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaNow in Paperback: Leslie Jamison — Make It Scream, Make It Burn, and the Bounded Infinity of NonfictionThis originally aired on September 27, 2019 as Episode 170.Leslie Jamison is the best selling author of several books including Make it Scream, Make it Burn. She has a new book out (not talked about in this paperback edition) called Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod
2024-02-0950 min
Library TalksVauhini Vara with Leslie Jamison: This Is SalvagedPrize-winning author Vauhini Vara sits down with Leslie Jamison to discuss her first collection of short stories, This Is Salvaged.
2024-01-091h 02
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsLeslie Jamison and Claire Dederer Discuss 'The Recovering'From the New York Times bestselling author of "The Empathy Exams," a trans-formative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, "The Recovering" turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. All the while, Jamison offers a fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of...
2023-09-1557 min
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2023-09-0100 min
The Archive ProjectHanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, & Leslie Jamison with Alano Club of Portland (Rebroadcast)In this episode of The Archive Project, we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.
Alano Club director of development and community engagement Kasey Anderson emceed an evening with writers Leslie Jamison, Kaveh Akbar, and Hanif Abdurraqib...
2023-08-2152 min
The Point PodcastSelected Essays | Leslie Jamison on Charles D’AmbrosioOn this episode of The Point podcast series “Selected Essays,” Leslie Jamison joins us to discuss Charles D’Ambrosio’s 2002 essay “Documents” and her essay “The Empathy Exams,” which appeared in The Believer in 2014 and was the title of her first collection.
2023-06-271h 02The Archive ProjectHanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, & Leslie Jamison with Alano Club of PortlandIn this episode of The Archive Project, we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.
Alano Club director of development and community engagement Kasey Anderson emceed an evening with writers Leslie Jamison, Kaveh Akbar, and Hanif Abdurraqib...
2023-04-0352 min
Shame Spiral"Straight To The Rotten Core Of My Deficiencies" w/ Leslie JamisonThis week I spiraled out with novelist, essayist, and gorgeous person Leslie Jamison (Make It Scream, Make It Burn; The Empathy Exams.) We talked the terror of harming others, the complicated notion of art as therapeutic, and shame personified as a highly critical -and generously tattooed- male graduate student. Plus, Leslie shares a brutal adolescent shame story about seeing her worst fears about herself embodied and then MEMORIALIZED in her high school yearbook.Follow Leslie on Twitter @lsjamison and check her website lesliejamison.com, where you can learn more about the many incredible books she's written, and...
2022-11-2255 min
Mishka Shubaly PodcastChoose Your Own Adventure with Leslie JamisonIf you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to share it with someone else, maybe even subscribe and rate us on your preferred podcast platform?
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Leslie Jamison is the New York Times bestselling author of two essay collections—The Empathy Exams and Make it Scream, Make it Burn—as well as a critical memoir, The Recovering, and a novel, The Gin Closet...
2022-11-101h 25
Late To ItMake It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison and Burying the Typewriter by Carmen BuganKirsty and Naomi discuss two non-fiction books about the stories we tell ourselves: Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison and Burying the Typewriter by Carmen Bugan.
Other books mentioned:
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Companion Piece by Ali Smith
2022-05-111h 15
Open FormEpisode 33: Leslie Jamison on MidsommarWelcome to Open Form, a weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith. Each week, a different author chooses a movie: a movie they love, a movie they hate, a movie they hate to love. Something nostalgic from their childhood. A brand-new obsession. Something they’ve been dying to talk about for ages and their friends are constantly annoyed by them bringing it up.In this episode of Open Form, Mychal talks to Leslie Jamison (Make It Scream, Make It Burn) about the 2019 film Midsommar, directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilh...
2022-05-0544 min
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsLetter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us by Colleen Kinder, Leslie JamisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/545938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us Author: Colleen Kinder, Leslie Jamison Narrator: Ramon Del Campo, Charley Flyte, Mirai Booth-Ong, Imani Jade Powers, Kimberly Woods, Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: “Beautiful. The human condition is on full display in these glimpses of our essential connectedness. Perfect for our times.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance Sixty-five extraordinary writers grapple with this mystery: How can an ephemeral encounter with a strange...
2022-03-2203 min
2MannBuchFolge 38 mit Leslie Jamison und Hervé Le Tellier„Es muss schreien, es muss brennen“, „Die Anomalie“
Andreas stellt das Buch des Franzosen Hervé Le Tellier vor. In der Geschichte landet eine Boeing in New York zwei Mal. Zuerst im März 2021 und dann noch mal im Juni 21. Die Passagiere gibt es demnach doppelt. Hervé Le Tellier schreibt auf sehr unterhaltsame aber auch philosophische Art, was das nun für die Passagiere bedeutet. „Es muss schreien, es muss brennen“ sind Esssys der amerikanischen Autorin Leslie Jamison. Sehr schön geschrieben, mit teilweise originellen Formulierungen. Die Journalistin schreibt über ihre Journalistenreisen, über Menschen, über Wale und auch über sich selbst. Besonders ist...
2022-03-111h 01
How did we get here ? Healing conversationsAbortion rights vs Prolife : what is the other side really saying?We start the conversation about reproductive rights in this country. We raise the question of freedom, the social issues that may lead a women to consider having an abortion as well as the need to focus on the lives of children that are already living in this country.
2021-10-3117 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsVoting is a RIGHT in a democracyWe talk about Voting in general and the assault on voting in the United States as well as ways to overcome.
2021-10-2417 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsMicroaggressionWe talk about the different types of microaggression, give some examples and start the conversation about ways to move forward.
2021-10-1827 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsEconomic fallout from the pandemic: are we actually in a better place?Discuss the economic consequences from the pandemic but also explore the idea that workers may have the upper hand as they return to work.
2021-10-1121 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsThe pandemic: is there really anything newWe talk about where we are in the pandemic as it relates to public health and personal responsibility.
2021-10-0318 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsAt the Olympics, the spotlight shines on mental healthIn this episode we talk about Simone Biles and her bravery as she prioritizes her mental health. We also use this opportunity continue to educate and de-stigmatize mental illness.
2021-08-0219 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsToxic Stress: A leading cause of chronic diseaseIn this episode we will talk about toxic stress and how it can lead to chronic debases like high blood pressure and diabetes. We will also discuss ways to prevent this from happening.
2021-07-2616 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsMental Health Stigma: Let’s debunk the mythsThis episode is about mental health stigma and the myths that keep people from seeking treatment. We debunk those myths in an effort to give you permission to address your mental health issues toward improving your happiness and well-being.
2021-07-1820 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsSuicide: education and action planIn this episode we discuss the issue of suicide in this country, the statistics as well as risk factors, signs to look out for and a clear action plan to implement if you suspect someone may be thinking about suicide
2021-07-0623 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsCoping in times of stressThis episode will recap the types of stress in our lives as well as give you techniques to manage the stress
2021-06-2915 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsDepression, it is a brain diseaseIn this episode we talk about emotions and when those emotions may lead to a diagnosis of depression as well as some treatment options.
2021-06-2015 minHow did we get here ? Healing conversationsStress: Why am I overwhelmed?We all have stress but there is good stress and bad stress; we talk about the different types of stress and the need to understand why you are stressed so you can help yourself or seek help from others.
2021-06-1415 min
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2021-06-0602 min
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2021-02-2539 min
PhD in Parenting PodcastA Feminist Review of Mommy Wine CultureIf you've been on any form of social media recently, you'll have noticed a plethora of memes and gifs depicting mothers who use wine as a means for coping with their daily duties. In this episode, Judith and Erin consider how consumer products, cultural representations ranging from social media memes to television series and movies, and the pressure to drink in social situations are all expressions of the so-called "mommy wine culture." The hosts draw on their own experience and their academic backgrounds to examine the larger narratives of the mommy wine culture through a feminist lens.
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2020-12-0250 min
InfatuatedMoonlight Tapestries and Pig's BloodThis week, Emily takes us to the world of moonlight magic in Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez, while Rebecca shares the brilliant essay Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain by Leslie Jamison. We talk about the issue of feeling cliche when writing about heartbreak, question what the title of our biopics would be, and we learn a fun etymology fact. Emily also goes into far too much detail when discussing a 5SOS music video!
Our infatuations:
Woven in Moonlight - Isabel Ibañez
Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain (Lesli...
2020-10-021h 09
The Fail SafeEpisode 5: Leslie JamisonHost Rachel Yoder talks with best-selling author Leslie Jamison about the compost heap of failure, a tool for reframing failure that Leslie calls "Detroiting," and how to navigate feedback of all sorts, from classmates to spouses.
2020-09-2354 min
excellence, actuallyListener Mailbag with Brad & Steve: Routines, Reading, and SufferingYou asked, they answered! On this episode of The Growth Equation Podcast, Brad and Steve take questions from their listeners. The pair discuss strategies for staying positive when the news is seemingly all negative, how to balance multiple passions, and how to be patient with long-term goals. Steve tackles the importance of pausing training when injury lingers and Brad considers whether sacrifice and suffering is essential to achieve the highest levels of performance. Finally, Brad and Steve offer their book recommendations.Please write a review on Apple Podcasts and help new listeners discover the show!Re...
2020-09-231h 04
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEpisode QS16: Kyle McCarthy + Leslie Jamison (September 10, 2020)Kyle McCarthy discusses her debut novel Everyone Knows How Much I Love You, about the dark side of female friendship, with award-winning author Leslie Jamison (The Recovering, The Empathy Exams). McCarthy and Jamison explore themes of obsessiveness, boundary breaking, and the complexity of friendships, and the parallels between the fragmented structure of the book and the way we carry multiple selves within us. Recorded July 9, 2020.
2020-09-1056 min
The 92nd Street Y, New YorkRead By: Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison on her selection:
More than anything, I love Brian Doyle for his awe. It's not a blinding or a blunting awe, the kind of awe that scours away the grit and grain and difficulty of things -- it's more like supple attention, an awe not just for hummingbird hearts the size of pencil erasers or whale hearts with valves like swinging saloon doors, but for a mother's papery hand in the thicket of her son's hair -- for the way that tenderness and mortality live side by side, proximity and loss are never far apart. It's an awe...
2020-07-1915 min
ThresholdsLeslie JamisonLeslie Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams, and the novel The Gin Closet. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and her work has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, Harper's, the New York Times Book Review, the Oxford American, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. She directs the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat
2020-05-2245 min
The Englewood Review of Books PodcastEpisode 4: More *Best* Books of 2019 & the Perils of "Professional Reading"**Note: all 4 initial episodes of the ERB Podcast were recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak in the US. This is why this important event is not mentioned.**On this episode Chris and Jen welcome essayist and ERB contributor Meghan Florian to discuss more favorite books from 2019, their own reading habits, and what it's like to be a "professional reader." They also highlight the Redbud Writer's Guild and have a discussion about the idea of intentionally-slow reading, and, of course, they talk about a few books they are currently enjoying.Books/Writing mentioned in...
2020-05-0435 min
LIC Reading SeriesPANEL DISCUSSION: An Evening on Female Rage, with Lilly Dancyger, Leslie Jamison, Darcy Lockman, Shelly OriaWhere is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota.
This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on November 12, 2019, a special Evening on Female Rage, with Lilly Dancyger, Leslie Jamison, Darcy Lockman, and Shelly Oria.
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2020-03-0540 minLIC Reading SeriesREADING: An Evening on Female Rage, with Lilly Dancyger, Leslie Jamison, Darcy Lockman, Shelly OriaWhere is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota.
This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on November 12, 2019, a special Evening on Female Rage, with Lilly Dancyger, Leslie Jamison, Darcy Lockman, and Shelly Oria. Check back Thursday for the discussion!
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2020-03-0356 min
The Book ReviewLeslie Jamison on Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’Jamison talks about Offill’s new novel, and Courtney Maum talks about “Before and After the Book Deal.”
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2020-02-071h 09
Lit UpLeslie Jamison on turning animals into charactersA lonely whale named 52 Blue is a key character in Leslie Jamison’s new essay collection Make It Scream, Make It Burn. Leslie speaks with host Angela Ledgerwood about the different things the whale represented to her readers, the three themes she structured her essay collection around and where she gets her inspiration from. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-01-1446 min
Free Food For ThoughtLeslie Jamison"I think we need to recognize that there are all sorts of things that might condition students bringing different levels of comfort to the classroom. Not just gender, but things like educational background, class background, racial background, that all of these things just inflect what it means to move through the world, like on every level in contemporary America."
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Shivani and Shiv sit down with novelist and essayist Leslie Jamison to talk about her take on personal narratives, teaching, and empathy in the writing process.
2020-01-1124 min
The Maris ReviewEpisode 33: Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison is the author of the NYT bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams, and the novel The Gin Closet. She’s a contributing writer for the NYT Magazine. She directs the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia. Her latest essay collection is Make It Scream, Make It Burn.Recommended Reading:AUG 9 - FOG by Kathryn ScanlonCalling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-01-0932 min
Papertrail PodcastLucia Osborne-Crowley on Sophie Mackintosh, Sinéad Gleeson, and Leslie JamisonLucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer and journalist. Her news reporting and literary work has appeared in Granta, the Sunday Times, HuffPost UK, the Guardian, and others. ‘I Choose Elena’ is her first book. Lucia's Book Choices: Make It Scream Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison Constellations: Reflections from life by Sinéad Gleeson The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh You can follow Lucia on twitter @LuciaOC_ If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.
2019-12-091h 22
The Leslie ShowHealthy Travel Snack Hacks + RYNO Music ChatWe chat with Ryan from RYNO about his new music, and working overseas. The travel conversation continues with special guest co-host Rachel Jamison of Fermented Ayurveda.
Leslie's new favorite healthy snacks, especially for traveling, are from Wild Zora! Paleo and AIP options, no added junk, just quality clean food. Get your own WILD ZORA snacks at wildzora.com and use special discount code VOLUMEUP15.
2019-12-0547 minFirst Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison writes fiction, non-fiction, and memoir. Her works include The Empathy Exams, The Gin Closet, The Recovering, and Make it Scream, Make it Burn. She teaches at Columbia University's MFA program concentrating on non-fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-12-0253 minThe Leslie ShowEntrepreneur Struggles, Wins, and ShiftsLeslie Jespersen and Rachel Jamison talk about what the entrepreneur journey looks like - it's not all rainbows and butterflies. BUT, it doesn't have to be misery and struggle all the time, either! Learn how to roll with the punches, recognize when it's time to move on, and hear some major truth bombs.
2019-11-1947 min
LongformEpisode 368: Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison is the author of The Empathy Exams, The Recovering, and the novel The Gin Closet. Her new essay collection is Make It Scream, Make It Burn.
“My writing is always basically asking: what does it feel like to be alive, and how do we ever try to understand what it feels like for anybody else to be alive? In that sense, on the intellectual level, I’m always going to keep chasing the same unanswerable things.”
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2019-11-1359 minLA Review of BooksLeslie Jamison on EverythingTom Lutz opens the show with a spirited introduction of co-hosts Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher and author Leslie Jamison, who has a new collection of essays: Make It Scream, Make it Burn. Jamison describes her empathic approach to her eclectic subjects, her relationship to the body and how she thinks about writing and authorship.
Also, Jenny Odell returns to recommend Robin Wall Kimmerer's Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses.
2019-10-2550 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesLeslie Jamison, "MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN" w/ Chris KrausWith the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which she has become known, Leslie Jamison offers us fourteen new essays that are by turns ecstatic, searching, staggering, and wise. In its kaleidoscopic sweep, Make It Scream, Make It Burn creates a profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession.
Among Jamison’s subjects are 52 Blue, deemed “the loneliest whale in the world”; the eerie past-life memories of children; the devoted citizens of an online world called Second Life; the haunted landscape of the Sri Lankan Civil War; and an entire museum d...
2019-10-241h 03
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 170: Leslie Jamison — Make It Scream, Make It Burn, and the Bounded Infinity of Nonfiction"Essays took on this energy for me in part because they're unofficial and in part because they brought me in contact with the world that felt really generative," says Leslie Jamison. Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison is the occasion. It is published by Little, Brown. Leslie is the bestselling author of The Empathy Exams and The Recovering. We dig into a lot of great stuff about her process and how she came to nonfiction from a background in fiction. Keep the conversation going on Twitter @CNFPod and Instagram @cnfpod...
2019-09-2753 min
Absorb This Immersive Full Audiobook — Perfect On A Rainy Day.Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie JamisonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/37107to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Author: Leslie Jamison
Narrator: Leslie Jamison
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 09-24-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 43 ratings
Genres: Essays
Publisher's Summary:
With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which she has become known, Leslie Jamison offers us 14 new essays that are by turns ecstatic, searching, staggering, and wise. In its kaleidoscopic sweep, Make It Scream, Make It Burn creates a profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession. Among Jamison's subjects...
2019-09-249h 03The Leslie ShowSelf Care Saturday! CBD Sheet Masks and Autumn Equinox Health DeetsIt’s Self Care Saturday this week on Volume Up! Leslie and Charlee are joined in-studio by Amanda Ventura, founder of At Anchor Day Spa. Amanda balances motherhood, marriage, and a business and manages to make it all look effortless. Hear all about the services offered at the spa as the ladies discuss getting more comfortable with less makeup, making time for self care, and how to get the absolute most out of your spa day.
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In our second hour, we’re joined by our resident ayurvedic practitioner Rachel Jamison. Rach...
2019-09-231h 32
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastMake It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison reads from her new essay collection, Make It Scream, Make It Burn, published in September by Little, Brown.
2019-09-0304 min
The Leslie ShowVolume Up! The Lifestyle Radio Revolution: Episode 8.2 Joined by guest co-host Rachel Jamison, owner of Fermented Ayurveda, Pickling Salt, and Salty Astrology! We talked about the Summer Solstice, what it means for us in all aspects. Then we dove into our top 20 Summer Bucket List ideas - a little something for everyone, whether it's family trips, day dates, solo adventures, or rainy day activities. It's officially summer, so Volume UP!
2019-06-2543 min
The Leslie ShowVolume Up! The Lifestyle Radio Revolution: Episode 8.1Joined by guest co-host Rachel Jamison, owner of Fermented Ayurveda, Pickling Salt, and Salty Astrology! We talked about the Summer Solstice, what it means for us in all aspects. Then we dove into our top 20 Summer Bucket List ideas - a little something for everyone, whether it's family trips, day dates, solo adventures, or rainy day activities. It's officially summer, so Volume UP!
2019-06-2543 min
The High LowThe Complicated Case of Shamima Begum; & Why The ‘Tortured Artist’ Debate Should Be Retired*** PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded about 8 hours before it was announced that Shamima Begum had been denied entry back to the UK and was stripped of her British citizenship.***This week, we discuss the most flammable news story of the week: the return of Shamima Begum, the 19 year old Londoner who fled to the Islamic State 4 years ago and returned to have her 3rd baby in the UK. Home Secretary Sajid Javid wants to deny her entry - but should a humane society seek to rehabilitate? We also discuss the idea that “young wo...
2019-02-1900 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastWriters LIVE: Leslie Jamison, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its AftermathLeslie Jamison is in conversation with Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD, of the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and examines what we want these stories to do and what happ...
2019-01-221h 13
The TLS PodcastOn booze and artRoz Dineen on the time-stained image of the artist-addict, The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, and whether “stories about getting better [can] ever be as compelling as stories about falling apart"; "David Foster Wallace would send me letters and I wouldn’t answer them. He would send works in progress with forlorn notes. 'You’re under no obligation to read or to pretend you’ve read the enclosed,' he wrote on one piece. I didn’t." – David Streitfeld recalls being David Foster Wallace's "worst friend"BooksThe Recovering by Leslie JamisonIn The Realm of H...
2018-09-1337 minSkylight Books Podcast SeriesLeslie Jamison, "THE RECOVERING"With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and examines what we want these stories to do, and what happens when they fail us.
All the while, she offers a fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement, and at the literary and artistic geniuses who...
2018-07-1849 min
Rebellion Dogs BlogThe Recoverying with Leslie Jamison on Episode 38This is Episode 38. Leslie Jamison is our featured guest. Touring her latest book, The Recovering, I got a chance to talk to her in the lobby of the King Edward Hotel. Se was in Toronto June 2nd, for the In Her Voice Festival hosted by Ben McNally Books. In this show, we’ll listen to that interview I had with Leslie Jamison about The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath[i].
We are focusing on the question, "Is booze the muse? Or, will I find creativity in sobriety?" Americana literature and the drunkard storyteller(s) is our setting whic...
2018-06-1552 min
Litquake's Lit CastLeslie Jamison: Litquake's Lit Cast Episode 91Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leslie Jamison, on tour for her new book THE RECOVERING: Intoxication and its Aftermath. Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag. Yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come. This appearance was recorded live at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco...
2018-05-2253 min
BookwormLeslie Jamison: The Recovering: Intoxication and Its AftermathLeslie Jamison’s The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath is a book about the nightmare of feeling not enough, Jamison travels all 360 degrees of wanting to be the best and the worst, and has a great struggle to live in the middle ground.
2018-05-1029 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastAmpersand Episode 19: Leslie Jamison, Carmen Giménez Smith, Leesa Cross-SmithLeslie Jamison reads from her new book, The Recovering; Leesa Cross-Smith on writing quiet books; new poetry by Carmen Giménez Smith and Jenny Xie.
2018-04-1038 min
Absorb This Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The Recovering by Leslie JamisonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/86246to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Recovering
Author: Leslie Jamison
Narrator: Author
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
Release date: 04-03-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 501 ratings
Genres: Authors
Publisher's Summary:
With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction - both her own and others' - and...
2018-04-034h 06
Roxboro House RoundtablesThe Empathy Exams: Questioning our basic understanding of othersNew York Times best seller Leslie Jamison hosted "The Empathy Exams" roundtable at Philadelphia University where she discussed her novel and reflected on relations to her personal life and experiences. Leslie Jamison held an engaged discussion between faculty, students, and friends that was captivating and extremely informative on the reality of empathy and the distinction between it and sympathy.
2017-03-3057 min
Letter to a StrangerLeslie Jamison: Unpitchable - Seattle, WashingtonLeslie Jamison: Unpitchable - Seattle, Washington by Off Assignment
2017-03-2100 min
Papertrail PodcastLara Williams on: Mary Gaiskill, Lorrie Moore, Leslie JamisonLara is a writer working and living in Manchester. Her debut short story collection, 'Treats', was published this year by Freight. Lara's Book Choices: Two Girls, Fat and Thin - Mary Gaitskill The Gin Closet - Leslie Jamison Self Help - Lorrie Moore She tweets at @Lara_A_Williams
2016-10-1437 minLetter to a StrangerLeslie Jamison: Letter to a Stranger - To the Traveling MagicianLeslie Jamison: Letter to a Stranger - To the Traveling Magician by Off Assignment
2016-05-0500 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft: Leslie JamisonLeslie Jamison was born in Washington DC and grew up in Los Angeles. Since then, she's lived in Iowa, Nicaragua, New Haven, and New York. She's worked as a baker, an office temp, an innkeeper, a tutor, and a medical actor. Every one of these was a world; they're still in her.
Jamison has written a novel, The Gin Closet, and a collection of essays, The Empathy Exams. Her work has appeared or will appear in places like Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Believer. She's a columnist for the New York Times...
2015-11-1032 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Leslie JamisonFirst Draft highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft and the literary arts. This week's show features an interview with Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams.
2015-07-0128 min
Trinity CollegeAK Smith Reading Series: Leslie Jamison The Empathy TestsLeslie Jamison is the author of "The Gin Closet," and a collection of essays, "The Empathy Exams." Her work has appeared or will appear in Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, among other publications. Jamison is a columnist for the New York Times Book Review, and is currently finishing a doctoral dissertation at Yale about addiction narratives.
2015-02-2529 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryLeslie Jamison : The Empathy ExamsBeginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another’s pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted, or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain—real and imagined, her own and others—Jamison uncovers a personal and cultural urgency to feel. She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodi...
2014-12-1849 min
All Write Already!Episode 48 – Leslie Jamison, Plus The Most Notable Twitter Rant of 2014Today’s guest, Leslie Jamison is the author of a novel, The Gin Closet, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Prize, and an essay collection, The Empathy Exams, which was a New York Times Best Seller. Her work has appeared in the Believer, Harper’s Magazine, Oxford American, A Public Space, and […]
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2014-12-1053 min