Welcome to the University Press Week 2019 Blog Tour! University presses across the county will be sharing articles, interviews, and excerpts from titles that relate to various sub-themes of the main UP Week theme: Read. Think. Act.

Today’s posts are all on “How to practice compassion.” Check out these posts from our university press friends:

“How Empathy Can Help Us Become More Compassionate” by Elizabeth Segal, Columbia University Press

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“How the Transformations Series Invites Us to Practice Compassion — University Press Week Blog Tour” by Heather Gernenz, University of Illinois Press

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“Leaving Vanni” by Benjamin Dix, Penn State University Press

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“University Press Week: Practicing Compassion” by Rabbi Shai Held, University of Nebraska Press

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“My Novel Body” by Jason S. Farr, Bucknell University Press

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“Extending Humanity and Compassion at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp” by Peter Jan Honigsberg, Beacon Press

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“You Are What You Read” by Natalie Fingerhut, University of Toronto Press