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How literature can help us develop empathy

Reading fiction can educate us emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, says Beth Ann Fennelly, creative writing professor and poet laureate of Mississippi. She makes the case for why we humans — and the world — continue to need literature.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofMississippi, an independent event.

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Reading fiction can educate us emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, says Beth Ann Fennelly, creative writing professor and poet laureate of Mississippi. She makes the case for why we humans — and the world — continue to need literature.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofMississippi, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

Beth Ann Fennelly

Poet

Beth Ann Fennelly is the poet laureate of Mississippi and teaches in the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi.

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