Jessica Wadleigh

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Though they aren’t easy to follow, the therapy transcripts allow Carson to speak loudly and clearly for herself, and a large portion of them focus on her relationship with Annemarie. The first recorded session begins with the words “I’ve been thinking of Annamarie S.” At first I thought “Annamarie” might be typo on the part of the transcriber, Barbara, or a phonetic reflection of the way Carson said her name, lilting and southern. But throughout Illumination, she writes her name as Anna Marie. How we make beloved others our own.
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir
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