Know My Name
A Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful."
--Washington Post
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the...
--Washington Post
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the...
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"Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful."--Washington Post
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap). Her story of trauma and transcendence illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicting a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shining with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life.
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N The fact that I spelled subpoena, suhpeena, may suggest I am not qualified to tell this story. But all court transcripts are at the world s disposal, all news articles online. This is not the ultimate truth, but it is mine, told to the best of my ability. If you want it through my eyes and ears, to know what it felt like inside my chest, what it s like to hide in the bathroom during trial, this is what I provide. I give what I can, you take what you need.
In January 2015, I was twenty-two, living and working in my home- town of Palo Alto, California. I attended a party at Stanford. I was sexually assaulted outside on the ground. Two bystanders saw it, stopped him, saved me. My old life left me, and a new one began. I was given a new name to protect my identity: I became Emily Doe.
In this story, I will be calling the defense attorney, the defense. The judge, the judge. They are here to demonstrate the roles they played. This is not a personal indictment, not a clapback, a blacklist, a rehashing. I believe we are all multidimensional beings, and in court, it felt harmful being f lattened, characterized, mislabeled, and vilified, so I will not do the same to them. I will use Brock s name, but the truth is he could be Brad or Brody or Benson, and it doesn t matter. The point is not their individual significance, but their commonality, all the peo- ple enabling a broken system. This is an attempt to transform the hurt inside myself, to confront a past, and find a way to live with and incor- porate these memories. I want to leave them behind so I can move forward. In not naming them, I finally name myself.
My name is Chanel.
I am a victim, I have no qualms with this word, only with the idea that it is all that I am. However, I am not Brock Turner s victim. I am not his anything. I don t belong to him. I am also half Chinese. My Chinese name is Zhang Xiao Xia, which translates to Little Summer. I was
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named summer because:
I was born in June.
Xia is also China s first dynasty. I am the first child.
Xia sounds like sha. Chanel.
The FBI defines rape as any kind of penetration. But in California, rape is narrowly defined as the act of sexual intercourse. For a long time I refrained from calling him a rapist, afraid of being corrected. Legal definitions are important. So is mine. He filled a cavity in my body with his hands. I believe he is not absolved of the title simply because he ran out of time.
The saddest things about these cases, beyond the crimes themselves, are the degrading things the victim begins to believe about her being. My hope is to undo these beliefs. I say her, but whether you are a man, transgender, gender-nonconforming, however you choose to identify and exist in this world, if your life has been touched by sexual violence, I seek to protect you. And to the ones who lifted me, day by day, out of darkness, I hope to say thank you.
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I AM SHY. In elementary school for a play about a safari, everyone else was an animal. I was grass. I ve never asked a question in a large lecture hall. You can find me hidden in the corner of any exercise class. I ll apologize if you bump into me. I ll accept every pamphlet you hand out on the street. I ve always rolled my shopping cart back to its place of ori- gin. If there s no more half-and-half on the counter at the coffee shop, I ll drink my coffee black. If I sleep over, the blankets will look like they ve never been touched.
I ve never thrown my own birthday party. I ll put on three sweaters before I ask you to turn on the heat. I m okay with losing board games. I stuff my coins haphazardly into my purse to avoid holding up the checkout lin
I was born in June.
Xia is also China s first dynasty. I am the first child.
Xia sounds like sha. Chanel.
The FBI defines rape as any kind of penetration. But in California, rape is narrowly defined as the act of sexual intercourse. For a long time I refrained from calling him a rapist, afraid of being corrected. Legal definitions are important. So is mine. He filled a cavity in my body with his hands. I believe he is not absolved of the title simply because he ran out of time.
The saddest things about these cases, beyond the crimes themselves, are the degrading things the victim begins to believe about her being. My hope is to undo these beliefs. I say her, but whether you are a man, transgender, gender-nonconforming, however you choose to identify and exist in this world, if your life has been touched by sexual violence, I seek to protect you. And to the ones who lifted me, day by day, out of darkness, I hope to say thank you.
1.
I AM SHY. In elementary school for a play about a safari, everyone else was an animal. I was grass. I ve never asked a question in a large lecture hall. You can find me hidden in the corner of any exercise class. I ll apologize if you bump into me. I ll accept every pamphlet you hand out on the street. I ve always rolled my shopping cart back to its place of ori- gin. If there s no more half-and-half on the counter at the coffee shop, I ll drink my coffee black. If I sleep over, the blankets will look like they ve never been touched.
I ve never thrown my own birthday party. I ll put on three sweaters before I ask you to turn on the heat. I m okay with losing board games. I stuff my coins haphazardly into my purse to avoid holding up the checkout lin
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Autoren-Porträt von Chanel Miller
Chanel Miller is a writer and artist who received her BA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her critically acclaimed memoir, KNOW MY NAME, was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, as well as a best book of 2019 in Time, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and People, among others. She is a 2019 Time Next 100 honoree and a 2016 Glamour Woman of the Year honoree under her pseudonym, "Emily Doe."
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Chanel Miller
- 2020, 384 Seiten, Maße: 21,2 x 13,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0735223726
- ISBN-13: 9780735223721
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.11.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE / THE DAYTON LITERARY PRIZE / THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in PEOPLE | NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | WASHINGTON POST | NPR | PARADE | TIME | GLAMOUR | CHICAGO TRIBUNE | MARIE CLAIRE | ELLE | FORTUNE | LIBRARY JOURNAL | KIRKUS | DAILY MAIL| BALTIMORE SUN | SHE READS | MAN REPELLER | BOOKRIOT | SPY.COM
"She has written a memoir that converts the ongoing experience of sexual assault into literature...Beautiful." The Atlantic
To tell her story at all is enough the fact that Miller tells it beautifully, caring enough for her reader to spin golden sentences from her pain, is a gift on top of a gift. Vogue
"Know My Name is an act of reclamation. On every page, Miller unflattens herself, returning from Victim or Emily Doe to Chanel, a beloved daughter and sister...Know My Name marks the debut of a gifted young writer. Miller's words are purpose. They are maps. And she is a treasure who has prevailed." Jennifer Weiner, The New York Times
In this powerful, gutsy memoir, Miller the sexual assault survivor in the Stanford case reclaims her name and her story. The New York Times Book Review
"Know My Name is a blistering, beautifully written account of a courageous young woman's struggle to hold a sexual predator accountable. Stand back, folks: This book is going to give a huge blast of momentum to the #MeToo movement." Jon Krakauer
She writes exquisitely of her pain, makes us feel every fragment of it, but also expounds on the kindness that nourished her spirit Miller matters. Readers will see every victim matters. USA Today
In a perfect world, Know My Name would be required reading for every police officer, detective, prosecutor, provost and judge who deals with victims of sexual assault. LA Times
"Miller is a gifted
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storyteller...Know her name, know her voice." The New Yorker
Miller provides one of the most moving and humanizing depictions of sexual assault I have ever read Know My Name features the kind of intimate, coming-of-age storytelling that you don t find in a typical story about a crime and its aftermath. She lets us see her in quiet moments and jubilant ones, in moments of doubt and moments of strength In giving us the gift of knowing her, Miller has written a singular testament to the human cost of sexual violence, and a powerful reminder of why we fight. The Cut
In a world that asks too many survivors to keep their experiences to themselves and shrink their suffering to preserve someone else s potential, Know My Name stands unapologetically large, asking others to reckon with its author s dazzling, undiminishable presence. To read it, in spite of everything, inspires hope. The Guardian
"I'd never read anything that so vividly paints the bewildering maze that a sexually assaulted woman faces...Know My Name raises crucial questions about the way we treat sexual assault and, indeed, sex itself." Katha Pollitt, The Nation
In its rare honesty and in its small details, Know My Name is both an open wound and a salve, a quiet cry and the loudest scream Know My Name is more than an indictment, though it is a successful and moving one. It is also an outstretched hand, inviting you to fight alongside her. Elle
Miller s memoir is beautifully written, underscored by simmering indignation. Jezebel
Compelling and essential Miller reminds us that our stories are worth telling, that the names and the lives attached to those names matter. SF Chronicle
"Triumphant...Know My Name evokes a woman whose spirit hasn t been broken a study in what it means to strike back, not in revenge, but in reclamation. O Magazine
"A stunning book...beautifully written." Teen Vogue
Unputdownable A much-needed memoir giving voice to those who must be heard. Miller s writing stands apart. Library Journal (starred review)
Miller s new memoir echoes her powerful victim-impact statement It s a beautiful revealing self-portrait. It s funny and it s heartbreaking, and it s an inspiration. There s just no other way to say it: the writing is exquisite. The Daily Beast
"Miller's memoir, Know My Name, gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emiy Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." The Wrap
Miller distinguishes herself not only for her resilience and fortitude, but also for her power of expression. She possesses extraordinary gifts as a writer." The National Book Review
Miller makes a powerful case for overhauling a system that retraumatizes victims of sexual violence even in successful cases, perpetuating the feedback loop that discourages victims from coming forward to seek justice. Mother Jones
Miller provides one of the most moving and humanizing depictions of sexual assault I have ever read Know My Name features the kind of intimate, coming-of-age storytelling that you don t find in a typical story about a crime and its aftermath. She lets us see her in quiet moments and jubilant ones, in moments of doubt and moments of strength In giving us the gift of knowing her, Miller has written a singular testament to the human cost of sexual violence, and a powerful reminder of why we fight. The Cut
In a world that asks too many survivors to keep their experiences to themselves and shrink their suffering to preserve someone else s potential, Know My Name stands unapologetically large, asking others to reckon with its author s dazzling, undiminishable presence. To read it, in spite of everything, inspires hope. The Guardian
"I'd never read anything that so vividly paints the bewildering maze that a sexually assaulted woman faces...Know My Name raises crucial questions about the way we treat sexual assault and, indeed, sex itself." Katha Pollitt, The Nation
In its rare honesty and in its small details, Know My Name is both an open wound and a salve, a quiet cry and the loudest scream Know My Name is more than an indictment, though it is a successful and moving one. It is also an outstretched hand, inviting you to fight alongside her. Elle
Miller s memoir is beautifully written, underscored by simmering indignation. Jezebel
Compelling and essential Miller reminds us that our stories are worth telling, that the names and the lives attached to those names matter. SF Chronicle
"Triumphant...Know My Name evokes a woman whose spirit hasn t been broken a study in what it means to strike back, not in revenge, but in reclamation. O Magazine
"A stunning book...beautifully written." Teen Vogue
Unputdownable A much-needed memoir giving voice to those who must be heard. Miller s writing stands apart. Library Journal (starred review)
Miller s new memoir echoes her powerful victim-impact statement It s a beautiful revealing self-portrait. It s funny and it s heartbreaking, and it s an inspiration. There s just no other way to say it: the writing is exquisite. The Daily Beast
"Miller's memoir, Know My Name, gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emiy Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." The Wrap
Miller distinguishes herself not only for her resilience and fortitude, but also for her power of expression. She possesses extraordinary gifts as a writer." The National Book Review
Miller makes a powerful case for overhauling a system that retraumatizes victims of sexual violence even in successful cases, perpetuating the feedback loop that discourages victims from coming forward to seek justice. Mother Jones
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