Emily Eveland

Words have power. Words can put innocent people in prison, force them into exile, or get them killed. Everyone should have the chance to tell his or her version of the story before suffering such consequences.

Every story needs to be told, even the ones we don’t want to hear. A powerful memoir embraces nuances, contradictions, and multiple perspectives. When we ignore stories that fall outside the dominant narrative, we’re not telling the full truth. Worse, we may be endangering the people we’ve refused to listen to.
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But I don’t write because it’s easy. I write because I’m obsessed with telling the truth, no matter how uncomfortable. And the truth is rarely as simple as “good guys vs. bad guys,” try as I might to keep complexities contained and categorized.

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