On Thursday, January 5, I suited up and made my way to this session at the annual Modern Languages Association convention in downtown Seattle: Useful Fictions? A Cognitive Perspective on the Utility of Emotions, Imagination, and Long Novels Thursday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 606, WSCC A special session Presiding: Lisa Zunshine, Univ. of Kentucky …