Remembering the edge

Writing on the Edge: 

Great Contemporary Writers on the Frontline of Crisis

Edited by Dan Crowe; photos by Tom Craig

Published by Rizzoli (2010)

Armenia (c)Tom Craig

A collection of 14 first-hand accounts of life inside conflict zones where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides emergency medical care. The book takes readers on a harrowing tour of countries in crisis, profiling people struggling to cope with war, disease, and lack of access to basic health care.

Sudan (c)Tom Craig

I'm grateful to 92nd Street Y and moderator Bob Woodruff (ABC News) for introducing us, last evening, to award-winning photographer Tom Craig in an event highlighting Writing on the Edge and the resourceful humanitarian work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), work requiring ethical clarity, a pragmatic balancing act and tons of courage.

Assam (c)Tom Craig

Besides Craig, Writing on the Edge's contributors include director-producer Danny Boyle (Trainspotting; Slumdog Millionaire), novelists Martin Amis (The Rachel Papers; Money; Time's Arrow), Damon Galgut (The Good Doctor) and Joanne Harris (Chocolat), actor Daniel Day-Lewis and many other essayists.

Here are some excerpts about experiences in Burundi, Uzbekistan and Armenia.

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