![]() ![]() A grad student could write her entire thesis on it, unpacking layer after layer and holding each up to the light to understand its composition. Included with the advance reading copy of Her Body and Other Parties was a bookmark - a short length of green satin ribbon, which matched the ribbon featured on the book’s cover, which, in turn, matches the ribbon that features prominently in the first story of Machado’s collection, “The Husband Stitch.” And what a story it is. ![]() Her fearlessness, combined with some spellbinding writing, delivers stories that are at once discomfiting and revelatory. Her work is brazenly unapologetic, or perhaps unapologetically brazen. Machado’s short stories have appeared in a host of big-name venues and garnered numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, which is why folks have been awaiting this first collection. Welcome to the world of Carmen Maria Machado. The book, your book, is longlisted for the National Book Award - before it’s even released. It’s a scenario aspiring authors can only dream about: Your first book is finally due for publication, the buzz is building, people in the know discuss it a bit breathlessly and say things like “hotly anticipated,” and then, the unimaginable happens. ![]()
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