Machado's writing is amazing, the story is heart-breaking and -stopping, and she does so many interesting things with the form
#memoir #CarmenMariaMachado #literature #writing #InTheDreamHouse
Best thing I've read in months. I picked it up because I was attracted to the title on the spine in a second-hand bookshop; I knew nothing about it, and I'm awestruck
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 76 - There's No Ghost in the Machine
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/tgEjwXf8STnYriT92ZRGgH
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.
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.
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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.
Current read. What is going on?? This book is wild 😅
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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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« 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
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