A writer confronts her own terror

Nieman Storyboard interviews author and terrorism expert Jessica Stern, whose memoir dealt unblinkingly with the unsolved rape-at-gunpoint that she and a sister experienced when they were teenagers: "In order to write that book, I had to be in a kind of trance to find feelings that I’m normally too embarrassed to feel, or to, certainly to articulate … I think some of those feelings are the sequelae of violence. I decided it was important to put them out there."

February 22, 2015

ADVERTISEMENT
BWF Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants

ADVERTISEMENT
EurekAlert! Travel Awards

ADVERTISEMENT
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications