Voice of Witness at AWP Conference, Chicago

Posted on January 27, 2009 |

On Feb 12th at 12pm, Voice of Witness editors will be presenting a panel discussion on oral history at this year’s AWP Conference. Panelists include Underground America editor Peter Orner, Voice of Witness managing editor Chris Ying and executive director mimi lok. For more details, please visit the AWP website

Voice of Witness is a nonprofit book series that empowers those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice. Using oral history as a foundation, the series depicts human rights crises around the world through the stories of the men and women who experience them. Voice of Witness was founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen, and is the nonprofit division of McSweeney's Books.