Boldly.BlueApr 4
The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction
https://boldly.blue/body-horror-fiction-definitive-guide/
A guide to body horror fiction from its philosophical origins, its 4 distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political) & 5 essential texts.
#BodyHorror #HorrorFiction #Kafka #CliveBarker #HanKang #AgustinaBazterrica #CarmenMariaMachado #LiteraryHorror #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #TheMetamorphosis #TheHellboundHeart
The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to body horror fiction — its philosophical origins in Frankenstein and Kafka, its four distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political), five essential texts from The Metamorphosis to Tender Is the Flesh, its social critique dimensions from gender to capitalism to race, and six craft principles for writers entering the tradition. When the body is the monster, nothing is safe.

David Somerfleck
Boldly.BlueMar 31

The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction
https://boldly.blue/body-horror-fiction-definitive-guide/

A guide to body horror fiction from its philosophical origins, its 4 distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political) & 5 essential texts.

#BodyHorror #HorrorFiction #Kafka #CliveBarker #HanKang #AgustinaBazterrica #CarmenMariaMachado #LiteraryHorror #SpeculativeFiction #LiteraryAnalysis #TheMetamorphosis #TheHellboundHeart #novelist #writers #screenwriters
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The Flesh Betrays: A Definitive Guide to Body Horror Fiction - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A definitive guide to body horror fiction — its philosophical origins in Frankenstein and Kafka, its four distinct creative approaches (psychological, erotic, feminist, political), five essential texts from The Metamorphosis to Tender Is the Flesh, its social critique dimensions from gender to capitalism to race, and six craft principles for writers entering the tradition. When the body is the monster, nothing is safe.

David Somerfleck
magpieMay 2, 2025

Current read. What is going on?? This book is wild 😅

#book #bookstodon #herbodyandotherparties #carmenmariamachado #feminist

FID Anglo-American CultureApr 26, 2024

Critical Hits, an anthology edited by @jrobertlennon & #CarmenMariaMachado featuring 18 essays & 1 comic by writer-gamers about their relationships with #videogames. hf!
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lvl up here: https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1872102158

#AmericanLiterature #GamesStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies

Göttinger Universitätskatalog (GUK) - results/titledata

MaiakowskaNov 23, 2023

« I do think a lot of cultural baggage around gaming has shifted. I imagine that when the novel started people were having similar conversations about how dangerous they could be, but eventually every form finds its footing. Games are an art form like anything else. » https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/19/carmen-maria-machado-critical-hits-gaming-in-the-dream-house-her-body-and-other-parties

#carmenmariamachado

Carmen Maria Machado: ‘The cultural baggage around gaming has shifted’

The award-winning writer and editor of a new collection of essays on gaming tells how her Nintendo got her through the pandemic and what impact video games have on creative life

The Guardian
LeelooRocksJul 5, 2023
#MastoLivres La semaine dernière, c'était #HerBodyAndOtherParties de #CarmenMariaMachado, du body horror tantôt zinzin, tantôt plus classique, mais toujours queer. Assez inégal mais il y a de très bons textes.
Cette semaine, c'est #MaeveFly de #CJLeede, trip meurtrier misanthropique et sexy dans le LA d'aujourd'hui, entre Disney World et le Strip, les bars chelous et les soirées coke à Beverly Hills. Un régal.
#SummerOfHorror #EtéDelHorreur
Queer Lit CatsJun 27, 2023
Autostraddle: 55 Literary Books With Great Lesbian Sex Inside Them https://www.autostraddle.com/33-literary-books-with-great-lesbian-sex-inside-them/ #Dykes #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #Podcast #CarmenMariaMachado #dorothyallison #Lists/Top10s #EileenMyles #audrelorde #BookLists
55 Literary Books With Great Lesbian Sex Inside Them

Novels, memoirs, essay and short story collections with lesbian sex in them! Wow!

Autostraddle
(((Cindy Weinstein)))May 25, 2023
An interesting essay by #CarmenMariaMachado. Very glad she mentions one of my favorite #Netflix shows, #SantaClaritaDiet. https://www.bonappetit.com/story/the-last-of-us-yellowjackets-people-eating-people?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20May%2025%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list
'The Last of Us,' 'Yellowjackets': Why You Can't Stop Watching People Eat People on TV

In an essay, Carmen Maria Machado explores why audiences can't get enough of cannibalism stories like ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Yellowjackets’ right now.

Bon Appétit
EuzinhaMay 18, 2023

O livro do Leia Mulheres RJ desse mês fala sobre um relacionamento abusivo entre duas mulheres e é autobiográfico. A autora mistura autoficção com partes informativas e faz experimentações, como em um momento em que imita um livro-jogo. Estou quase terminando, recomendo muito.

ps: Infelizmente esse convite bonitinho só fazem na semana anterior em vez de fazer no início do mês. Vai entender.

#leituras #LeiaMulheresRJ #LeiaMulheres #ClubeDeLeitura #CarmenMariaMachado

Fiona NMay 14, 2023

Book no. 23: In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado.

I don't think 'enjoy' is quite the right word here. This memoir is a painful story. It deals with domestic abuse in a queer relationship, a topic often disregarded or even denied, as the author points out. The set-up is original, with short chapters dealing with different tropes. A worthwhile read, albeit a tough one.

#2023reads
#BeatTheBacklog
#Bookstodon
#Books
#Reading
#CarmenMariaMachado
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