Leslie Jamison

The Recovering by Leslie Jamison takes readers on a profound journey through the tangled world of addiction and recovery. Blending her personal memoir with a rich tapestry of group biography, literary history, and cultural analysis, Jamison provides a nuanced exploration of the complex nature of addiction. She weaves her narrative by interlacing her own struggles and triumphs with those of...

The subjects of this stylish and audacious collection of essays range from an assault in Nicaragua to a Morgellons meeting; from Frida Kahlo's plaster casts to a gangland tour of LA. Jamison is interested in how we tell stories about injury and pain, and the limits that circumstances, bodies and identity put on the act of describing. The Empathy Exams...

"Intelligent, compassionate, and so fiercely, prodigiously brave. This is the essay at its creative, philosophical best" — Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries on The Empathy Exams. A profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and obsession, Make It Scream, Make It Burn is a book about why and how we tell stories. It takes the reader deep into...

Never less than gripping... Reads like a classic Observer Exceptional... thrilling and bitter and fulfilling Vogue How do you rebuild a life? How do you move forward into joy when haunted by loss? How do you claim hope, while accepting the harm you've caused? This is the story of a ruptured marriage – one that was once brimming with hope....