What You Have Heard Is True, by Carolyn Forché. Penguin Press hide caption toggle caption Penguin Press Review Book Reviews In 'What You Have Heard Is True,' A Poet Bears Witness To Devastating Civil War April 5, 2019 • Though it took poet Carolyn Forché half a lifetime to fully share in a memoir what she saw during her time in El Salvador in the 1970s and the lessons learned, now is precisely when we need to see it.
