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Leslie Jamison, award-winning essayist and author of The New York Times bestselling essay collection, “The Empathy Exams,” discusses craft and the connections between reported and personal material in journalism, in Benes Rooms A and B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave. Delaware. Jamison’s presentation, which will feature readings from both published and new work, is sponsored by the Department of English’s Katherine Kearney Carpenter Lecture Series, established in 1967 by O. William Carpenter in honor of his wife. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-english/. Admission is free.