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![“In my conversations with my family members and knowing their history and their struggle, I remember that I'm somebody and [they’re] somebody. And that's a very powerful thing,” says author Min Jin Lee, who has been interviewing family members for her first nonfiction book.<br>](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/50e9033/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3996x2226+0+385/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F3996x2997%20250%200%2Fresize%2F3996x2997%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F07%2F4854ffd548cb9ae7397e2a3cf7fe%2Fgettyimages-1339394437-slide.jpg)
Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up — and deepen our connections with them.
![“In my conversations with my family members and knowing their history and their struggle, I remember that I'm somebody and [they’re] somebody. And that's a very powerful thing,” says author Min Jin Lee, who has been interviewing family members for her first nonfiction book.<br>](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/0440783/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3996x2226+0+385/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims3%2Fdefault%2Fstrip%2Ffalse%2Fcrop%2F3996x2997%20250%200%2Fresize%2F3996x2997%21%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F07%2F4854ffd548cb9ae7397e2a3cf7fe%2Fgettyimages-1339394437-slide.jpg)
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