Anthony Immergluck Featured in Rob McLennan’s Blog

A huge thank you to Rob McLennan for his wonderful interview with Anthony Immergluck, author of AHP’s The Worried Well!

On the current role of the writer in the modern world, Immergluck says:

I think the primary function of good art, and good writing in particular, is for authors and readers to communicate empathetically, back and forth with one another and the people around them. When we read and write, we’re honing our ability to relate to other people on an emotional and cognitive level. We’re asking ourselves to parse the difference between what was said and what was meant. We’re engaging with the power of omission and emphasis, order, syntax, implication, reference, etc. We’re always exploring what if, why not, so what? And I think those skills are roundly applicable to local and global politics. I don’t want to imply that people who love literature are in any way superior to people who don’t, but I will swear by literature as an effective method for broadening and deepening one’s perspective on being a human and sharing a planet with other humans.

Read the full interview here!