Writing on the Edge: Great Contemporary Writers on the Front Line of Crisis

So it is with the stories and photos here which take the reader into some of the world's most persistent agony zones... To compile this panorama of suffering, photographer Tom Craig took with him some of the world's most eloquent writers and asked each to put into words the specific situations his photos could only hint at... Craig's 100 color pictures are both riveting and heartbreaking.. The spotlight is always on the downtrodden. In the end, the book suggests, the only sure victory is in the trying, in not turning away. Foreword

Of course, reporting thusly is only the beginning, albeit an important one, as we cannot attempt to fix that which the world cannot or does not want to see. And from the perspective of these writers and researchers, there are few people or organizations that have much, beyond a sense of service, to gain in revealing these often intentionally obscured sights. But merely for that alone, we should be grateful for those who do. BlogOnBooks.com