Open Book, S01E06: How to Cure Yourself with Reading
Channel: Michael Ullyot
Date: 2020-09-29

Today’s topic is bibliotherapy, or “literary remedies for the mind and body,” as Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin write. They’re the authors of The Novel Cure (published 2013), a clever reference book of mental and physical ailments that readers can treat by reading novels, which offer either cure or consolation. 

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