it was important that someone who knew them write about the event…

They were human beings who had a life, who had a lineage, who had parents, who had children, who had lives. They were not poor or rich. They were people and these people had humanity. So it was important that someone who knew them write about the event…

On reporting about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti in “An Interview with Dany Laferrière” (WWB Daily, 2016)