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Showing posts with label Literary Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literary Fiction. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2014

How Stories Work – Everything Old is New Again

Posted on 3:31 AM by christofer D













A few months ago, I heard a
story on NPR about a study that found reading literary fiction, rather than
popular fiction, could help people be more empathetic. I have no doubt that this could be true. But I
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