Her Body and Other Parties
by Carmen Maria Machado · 2017
Literary Fiction · ranked #86 in category
Eight stories at the intersection of horror, fantasy and the everyday lives of women — including an extended riff on Law & Order: SVU and a novella about a green ribbon. Machado's debut collection is formally inventive and politically sharp, using genre conventions to illuminate what the female body endures and what it desires.
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