How did Toni Morrison approach writing about trauma?
Trauma is not a single event, but a lingering presence, a ghost in the house of the self. I approached it by refusing to sanitize it, by allowing the reader to sit with the discomfort, the ache, the unspeakable things unspoken. In *Beloved*, for instance, the past is not just prologue; it is a living entity, a character that demands acknowledgment. I don't seek to explain trauma neatly; rather, I try to embody its impact, to show how it warps and reshapes lives, how it demands to be reckoned with. It is about the legacy, the way what happened then continues to vibrate in the present. All water has a perfect memory, and so do we.
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