My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir Melissa Febos it caresses the wounds we

it caresses the wounds we visit upon our body and soul in an attempt to serve the urges of our largest organ--the skin that covers and defines us

joy and love

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My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir Melissa Febos it caresses the wounds weHow do you tell the real story of someone misremembered an icon and idol alongside your own? Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question and answer: an immersive, surprising exploration of one of America's most beloved writers, alongside a genre defying examination of identity, queerness, memory, obsession, and love. Shapland is a graduate student when she first uncovers letters written to Carson McCullers by a woman named Annemarie. Though