Carmen Maria Machado’s Memoir Is Riddled with Restless Ghosts

I first encountered Carmen Maria Machado in 2016, reading her short fiction “Horror Story” in Granta. Her innovative and acclaimed debut collection Her Body and Other Parties had not yet been published, but I scourged the internet for everything I could find. What I found were stories about queer relationships, folk tales updated for our […] The post Carmen Maria Machado’s Memoir Is Riddled with Restless Ghosts appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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