The Influence of Literature on Empathy and Historical Perspective

I received this set of questions from Brenda Slomka late in 2024. I couldn’t immediately answer them on Twitter X, so I decided to ponder them a bit and give a thoughtful response in this podcast episode. I’m glad I did it as it gave me a chance to take a step back and look at how the past 8 years of this reading project have impacted me.

Here are the four questions:

* What are you learning about yourself as you read?

* Has your heart changed with these readings?

* How has your view on the universe/humanity changed/expanded?

* Are there any readings which have shown views that have harmed us / entrenched harm?

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