Four writers of nonfiction speak from experience to reflect on: how to write ethically about abjection, humiliation, self-harm, and suicide; accepting the risks of exposure to disturbing images and documents; ways of contending with the difficulties and ethics of writing about violence against children; weathering familial and community fallout from truth-telling, such as disclosing domestic violence; and remaining vigilant regarding the dangers of appropriating or exploiting tragedy and the dead.