Leslie Jamison

Leslie Jamison is the author of The Recovering, published this April, as well as the New York Times bestselling essay collection, The Empathy Exams and a novel, The Gin Closet. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and the director of the graduate nonfiction program at Columbia University.

Leslie Jamison On The Lies She's Told

Whether big or small, lies are always about disappearance — and sometimes, a way to construct the person you wish you could be.

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