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#65 Empathy & POV with Naomi J. Williams
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#65 Empathy & POV with Naomi J. Williams

The importance of empathy when it comes to writing fiction, the benefits and the downsides of empathy, and some hilarious love-hate relationships Naomi J. Williams often writes about.

Naomi J. Williams is the author of Landfalls (FSG 2015), long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award. Her short fiction has appeared in journals such as Zoetrope: All-Story, A Public Space, One Story, The Southern Review, and The Gettysburg Review. Her distinctions include a Pushcart Prize, Best American Short Stories Honorable Mention, Sustainable Arts Foundation grant, and residencies at Hedgebrook, Djerassi, and Willapa Bay AiR.

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