![]() Although readers will expect this twist (it is an abuse narrative, after all) the raw anger, fear, numbness, and hope in Machado’s writing propel the story forward.Īiding in her deft navigation of emotions, Machado experiments with style in a way that feels fresh yet grounding. ![]() Attentiveness slides into watchful jealousy and intensity becomes a life-threatening storm of emotions, insults, and reckless behavior. The unnamed girlfriend is attentive, flattering, and intense. In the beginning, Machado is giddy and smitten with a new woman. Released in November 2019, Machado’s memoir chronicles her experiences in an abusive lesbian relationship. Machado and Forché discussed creating memoirs through traumatic events-Machado through abuse, and Forché through a burgeoning war in El Salvador. ![]() The event was moderated by Daniel Pena, a faculty member at the University of Houston Downtown, as a part of the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. In late January, Inprint Houston, a Houston-based, non-profit organization that supports writers and readers of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, hosted a dual memoir event with Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House, and Carolyn Forché, author of What You Have Heard is True. ![]() Content note: This article includes discussions of abuse and sexual assault. ![]()
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