un-memory, by Lindsay McHugh

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. un-memory is a poetic excavation of trauma, survival, and the haunting persistence of childhood memory. Drawing on the voices of the Greek Muses, Lindsay McHugh constructs a fractured chorus of healing told in poems that shift between invocation, map, hymn, and ghost story. This is a book for anyone who’s ever asked themselves: what happened to me, and why can’t I remember it clearly? In her debut chapbook, emerging poet Lindsay McHugh embraces the messy and strange beauty of remembering. At once painful and cathartic, un-memory reminds us that reclaiming your story is not about accuracy—it’s about letting the body sing its own truth. Lindsay McHugh is a poet and journalist based in St. Louis, Missouri. un-memory is her debut chapbook. Her reporting is published under the byline Lindsay Toler. She writes at the intersection of truth and feeling.