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About the Editors

Lola Vollen is a physician specializing in the aftermath of large-scale human rights abuses. She has worked with survivors of systemic injustices in Somalia, South Africa, Israel, Croatia, and Kosovo. Working with Physicians for Human Rights, she developed Bosnia’s mass-grave exhumation and identification program. She is the founder of the Life After Exoneration Program, which helps exonerated prisoners in the United States with their transitions after release. She is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies, co-editor of the Voice of Witness series, and a practicing clinician.

Chris Ying is an editor and writer located in San Francisco. He is the managing editor of the Voice of Witness series.


Contributors

Series Editors
Dave Eggers and Lola Vollen

Interviews by
Stacy Parker Aab • Mary Beth Black
Colin Dabkowski • Billy Sothern
Andy Young

with additional material from

Dana Leventhal
Mary Ann Pendino
Claire Smith
Sharon Ferranti

Cover art and illustrations by: Lart Cognac

Copy Editor: Darren Reidy; Editorial Consultation: Eli Horowitz, Andrew Leland, Jordan Bass; Research: Dave Levin, Sam Weiss, Dan Sanders; Publicity: Angela Petrella

General Assistance: Noa Bar, Momo Chang, Miles Clark, Earl Downing, Kelly Dunleavy, Eric Falcao, Jim Fingal, Susan Fridy, Courtney Jones, Amanda Hurtado, Rachel Khong, Patrick Knowles, Steven Leckart, Julie Limbaugh, Matt Mengarelli, Julia Meuse, Jared Moore, Bernice Santiago, Brian Short, Tavia Stewart, John Thayer, Rebecca Turnbull, Todd von Ammon, Michael Patrick Welch, Andy Werner, Jami Witek


Website: Jim Fingal

Multimedia
VoW Podcast Episode 1

lListen to Dan Bright as he recounts his arrest the night before Hurricane Katrina, and harrowing escape from Orleans Parish Prison.

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Dave Eggers on Air America

VoW series editor Dave Eggers on the Rachel Maddow Show on Air America.

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Kermit Ruffins Interview Sound Clip
An excerpt from our interview with Kermit Ruffins, New Orleans trumpet player and local legend:

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“I realize my responsibility now, especially after the Katrina thing... It’s just so incredible to me when I realize what I’m doing and what’s goin’ on before the storm, so now it’s kind of like double that or triple that…” Read the full excerpt...
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