I stole that line from Martha Plimpton, who just tweeted it about a piece I wrote - about a study that found that reading literary fiction helps you become more empathetic and improves your emotional intelligence. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10...
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They didn't look at narrative nonfiction, the genre of "Island Practice" - I'd love to know what they'd find if they did.