# How literature can help us develop empathy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUniversityofMississippi
- Speaker: Beth Ann Fennelly
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/beth_ann_fennelly_how_literature_can_help_us_develop_empathy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How literature can help us develop empathy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/beth_ann_fennelly_how_literature_can_help_us_develop_empathy/22bcd594d29c), 15 min (TED's player)