Leslie Jamison

Leslie Jamison's first novel, The Gin Closet, was a finalist for the 2010 Los Angeles Times First Fiction Prize. Her second book, a collection of essays called The Empathy Exams, will be published by Graywolf in early 2014. Follow her on twitter @lsjamison

Articles

Short Term Feelings: What Hurts About "Short Term 12"
I CRIED THREE TIMES during Short Term 12, and felt choked up — but did not fully cry — once. It’s a film about troubled teenagers in a communal foster-care facility, so it’s no surprise it made me feel. It was ...
Leslie JamisonJan 3, 2014
No Tongue Can Tell: Civil War Photography at the Met
History never just happens; it’s always made. ...
Leslie JamisonOct 3, 2013
Hero Without a Sequel: Charles Jackson Revisited
ldquo;I’M ABSOLUTELY HOPELESS,” Charles Jackson told an AA meeting in 1959. “I’ve written a book that’s been called the definitive picture of the alcoholic, and it did me no good.” It ...
Leslie JamisonApr 29, 2013
Indigenous to the Hood
On Los Angeles's Gang Tours...
Leslie JamisonNov 26, 2012

Leslie Jamison

Articles

Short Term Feelings: What Hurts About "Short Term 12"

No Tongue Can Tell: Civil War Photography at the Met

Hero Without a Sequel: Charles Jackson Revisited

Indigenous to the Hood