Scene of the Crime
The effect of standing in a place where tragedy has occurred and viscerally registering its history cannot be matched with words or images.
Laura Tillman is the author of The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Pacific Standard.
The effect of standing in a place where tragedy has occurred and viscerally registering its history cannot be matched with words or images.