What is archival silence? How does the author hope to dispel archival silence with the publication of this book?

Readers should explain that archival silence is the lack of stories from the perspective of marginalized people in the dominant historical paradigm. Machado is specifically concerned with the dearth of information about abusive relationships in the queer community, which engenders a certain naivete and ignorance in LGBTQ+ people who, like the author herself, may not immediately recognize abuse when it happens to them. She tells her story in an effort to offer a queer abuse narrative where few exist, and to educate others about the particular insidiousness of psychological abuse within an intimate partnership.

Why did the author choose to write In the Dream House in the second person point-of-view? How does this narrative device enhance the memoir?

Readers should explain that the second person point-of-view provides the...