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The Books Briefing: The Act of Writing Is an Oscar-Worthy Performance

Empathy on the stage and page: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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“You never really understand a person … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” Atticus Finch tells his daughter Scout in the novel . When actors take a practical approach to this empathetic challenge, their interpretations can yield new insights into a classic character—as the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and the actor Ed Harris found when translating

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