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Know My Name

A New York Times Bestseller "A devastating, immersive memoir...Miller is an extraordinary writer: plain, precise and moving." --NPR "Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also bles

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Chanel Miller (5)

“Whatever past you came from, you don't have to go back.”

— Chanel Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Worth, Self-Worth, Healing

“I survived because I remained soft, because I listened, because I wrote.”

— Chanel Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Trauma, Survival, Writing, How to be a writer

“We were fighting for closure, for justice. It was not for me, but at the expense of me, that we’d be able to get there.”

— Chanel Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Brock Turner, Rape, Law, Trauma

“What we needed to raise in others was this instinct. The ability to recognize, in an instant, right from wrong. The clarity of mind to face it rather than ignore it. I learned that before they had chased Brock, they had checked on me. Masculinity is often defined by physicality, but that initial kne…”

— Chanel Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Men, Brock Turner, Masculinity, Wholesome masculinity, Rape

“I wanted accountability and punishment, but I also hoped he was getting better. I didn’t fight to end him, I fought to convert him to my side. I wanted him to understand, to acknowledge the harm his actions had caused and reform himself. If he truly believed his future was ruined and he had nothing…”

— Chanel Miller, amazon.com

Tagged: Men, dialogue, Brock Turner, punishment