carmen maria machado

In der dritten Folge der zweiten Staffel sprechen Tine Milz, Sascha Ehlert und Zeynep Bozbay mit der Autorin, Moderatorin und Kuratorin Duygu Ağal über Carmen Maria Machados Romandebüt «In the Dreamhouse» («Das Archiv der Träume»). Das Archiv der Träume ist Machados ganz persönliche Geschichte und literarische Auseinandersetzung mit Gaslighting und toxischen lesbischen Beziehungen. Mit jedem Kapitel versucht sie dem Erlebten eine Sprache und Form zu geben und entwirft ein literarisches Kaleidoskop aus Essay, Märchen, Gespenstergeschichte, Bildungsroman und Erotika.

Greetings and well met stranger! Sit here with the Abyss crew and listen to them tell you a tale of broken relationships with Carmen Maria Machado's Horror Story. They might get distracted first and discuss things like How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Shivers, The Witch Part 1, Shortwave Publishing's Obsolescence: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology, Encyclopedia Sharksploitanica by Susan Snyder, Criminal Minds: Evolution, and The Unholy. Are you comfortable? Good, because this is going to be a good one. 

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WARNING FOR THIS EPISODE: We do discuss sexual assault as it relates to the plot of the story. 

Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, is a dying coal town. People don’t stay around for long because it isn’t safe for those who live there. Friends El and Octavia learn that the hard way when they wake up one evening in a movie theater with no memory of what has happened. Their subsequent quest for understanding leads them to the strange creatures in the deep, dark woods and the even stranger history of their town. 

Recommended in this episode: T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead 

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Our social media is @MonsterWrote on Twitter and Instagram. Our email is monsterwrote@gmail.com. This episode was produced and researched by Lisa and Mel. Theme music is “Misconception” by Nicolas Gasparini, used with permission.

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In der dritten Folge der zweiten Staffel sprechen Tine Milz, Sascha Ehlert und Zeynep Bozbay mit der Autorin, Moderatorin und Kuratorin Duygu Ağal über Carmen Maria Machados Romandebüt «In the Dreamhouse» («Das Archiv der Träume»). Das Archiv der Träume ist Machados ganz persönliche Geschichte und literarische Auseinandersetzung mit Gaslighting und toxischen lesbischen Beziehungen. Mit jedem Kapitel versucht sie dem Erlebten eine Sprache und Form zu geben und entwirft ein literarisches Kaleidoskop aus Essay, Märchen, Gespenstergeschichte, Bildungsroman und Erotika.

CARMEN MARIA MACHADO is the author of the sparklingly surreal short story collection Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and a winner of the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Her memoir, In the Dream House, was named “Best Book of the Year” in 2019 by just about every major media outlet, including The New Yorker, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and Vogue. It is a bold, captivating account of the violence and abuse Machado endured in her first relationship with another woman, told in her inimitable voice. This episode was recorded at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, as part of an event hosted by Kepler's Literary Foundation and produced by Amber Clark.

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As a content note, our discussion includes descriptions of psychological abuse and intimate partner violence. Resources for queer survivors of domestic violence are available here (https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/4/499bf883-a80e-4bc2-8e36-b66e2a455ef6/zcjmEVl6.png). Special Guest: Carmen Maria Machado.