‘Throwing Stones at the Moon’ in the Chicago Tribune

Posted on October 23, 2012

This week, the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row reviewed the latest title in the Voice of Witness series, Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence. Edited by Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening, Throwing Stones at the Moon is a powerful collection of oral histories from Colombians from all walks of life, including farmers, union leaders and former guerillas. They describe the most widespread of Colombia’s human rights crises: forced displacement.

To read the full review and to see why the Chicago Tribune called Throwing Stones at the Moon “absorbing”, click here.

Learn more about Throwing Stones at the Moon and purchase the book on the McSweeney’s store here.

 

Voice of Witness is a non-profit organization that uses oral history to illuminate contemporary human rights crises in the U.S. and around the world. Founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen, Voice of Witness publishes a book series that depicts human rights injustices through the stories of the men and women who experience them. The Voice of Witness Education Program brings these stories, and the issues they reflect, into high schools and impacted communities through oral history-based curricula and holistic educator support.

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