In the News
Core topics and current thinking
- Press Features: Newspaper, magazine, and online coverage documenting the release and reception of Stabbed in the Heart, with attention to how reporters framed grief after homicide, public memory, and the work of speaking about loss without turning it into spectacle.
- Author Interviews: Conversations with Lynn Shiner and Nancy Chavez on grief, resilience, and the writing of their shared story, including the difficult balance between telling the truth plainly and protecting what should remain private.
- Book Reviews: Critical and reader responses examining the memoir's account of surviving the murder of a child, especially where reviewers engage the book as survivor testimony rather than entertainment-focused true crime.
- Advocacy in the Headlines: Reporting on the authors' crime-victim advocacy and legislative work, including columns by Nancy Eshelman, with coverage that connects personal bereavement to public action for families affected by violence.
- Spotlight Archive: A chronological record of media appearances that trace the journey from personal loss to public advocacy, giving readers, victim-services professionals, and journalists a grounded way to follow how the book entered public conversation.
This press archive is meant to help readers find public coverage of Stabbed in the Heart without losing sight of the people at its center. Media stories can open a door to recognition, but they are never the whole room; grief after murder carries details that no article, interview, or review can fully hold.
For survivors, advocates, and careful readers, the strongest coverage is usually the kind that slows down, names the harm, and leaves space for healing, anger, memory, and action to coexist.