Books can teach you to love yourself. If you let them.

How do you convince people to read more novels? You could ask author Jason Reynolds for a start.

The acclaimed author of young adult novels, Look Both Ways , Long Way Down , and Ghost joins host Brittany Luse to discuss the lessons in empathy, friendship and hope that novels can inspire in all readers. He says, “In one book, everybody can change.

In 300 pages, every character that you've met has become a new character by the end, and so what might you do in thirty days, let alone thirty years? ” What's the last book that changed you? Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one.

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