Graywolf Has Hit with 'Empathy Exams'

Leslie Jamison’s collection of nonfiction essays about pain, "The Empathy Exams," is hitting a nerve in more ways than one: the April 1 Graywolf Press release is landing on bestseller lists and has gone into a sixth print run. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP scores slim revenue rise despite Covid-19 hit

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Amazon Charts: In a House of Lies hits the roof for a third week

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Harry and Meghan biography hits Amazon number one on pre-orders

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Pandemic losses hit Scholastic despite good trade sales

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Academic lists likely to be hardest hit by pandemic, new report finds

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Book sales hit record highs in 2019, but publishers ‘now need help’

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2019 North American Comics Sales Hit Record $1.21 Billion

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Egmont scoops picture book of Roberts' hit pandemic poem

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Translation in Service of More Empathy, Less Fear: A Conversation with Megan McDowell, by Veronica Esposito

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‘Valley of the Dolls’ may be the best bad movie — and novel. A new book explores Jacqueline Susann’s cult hit.

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