Carmen Maria Machado
Born: 01-01-1986
Carmen Maria Machado is an acclaimed American writer known for her innovative work in speculative fiction, horror, and memoir. Her debut short story collection, "Her Body and Other Parties," was a finalist for the National Book Award. Machado's writing often explores themes of gender, sexuality, and the body, blending elements of fantasy and reality. She is also recognized for her memoir, "In the Dream House," which examines abuse in queer relationships.
Book summaries for books written by Carmen Maria Machado
Quotes
In her dream, she was always in bed, and the walls were always bleeding.
The husband stitch is what happens when a woman gets a husband and the husband wants a little more than he bargained for.
We are, all of us, always altering our own stories, and in that way, our stories are all always the same.
The door was locked from the inside, and the room was empty.
There are no such things as curses, only mirrors that are easier to break than other mirrors.
She was a little disgusted with herself for not having been more disgusted with him.
She was a story, not an epilogue.
The dead girl was her fault. She knew this. Her body, her fault.
I have always been fascinated by doubles, secret selves, hidden rooms.
She felt that she was a story, but that she wasn’t an author.
The stories were always about the end of the world, and the end of the world was always about a boy.
But when you grow up, you will learn that good and evil are not always what they appear to be.