I think maybe because I did it starting at such a young age and really realized at that time that I could write about people that were different for me who visit places that I had never seen or would never see otherwise, which I knew then at 16. It was sort of like a coming of age moment. She had done this for many years and she was like looking at everybody crying and feeling like she was stronger and not going to be that kid anymore.
Erika Hayasaki has written for The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and The Atlantic. Her new book is Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family.
“I don’t subscribe to the belief that it’s our story because we’re the journalist that wrote it — especially when people are sharing these really intimate, deep, painful moments. That is not my story. That’s their story that they've collaborated in a way with me to share through these interviews.”
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