Shawn Elling: It took years for me to get into magazines after having a long career in newspapers. I just sort of felt like I started over completely. Do you think our relationships could remain intact if we were totally transparent about everything? "I think it would lead to some bumpiness"
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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