![Left to right: Donna Seaman, Terry Tempest Williams, Mark Kurlansky, Ken Burns](https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ertbooklist.jpg)
The Writer as Witness
January 9, 2016Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker and writer Ken Burns’s response when asked how he chooses the subjects of his work encapsulates “The Writer as Witness,” the theme of the ERT / Booklist Author Forum at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. A writer must look both outward and inward to completely, accurately, and honestly tell a … Continue reading The Writer as Witness