![]() ![]() ![]() At the time, her girlfriend lives in Bloomington, Ind., and Machado regularly makes the drive to the house which they share there. ![]() Machado traces a lesbian relationship in her mid 20s that turns psychologically abusive, as she pursues an MFA at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Like these short stories, “In the Dream House” also breaks down traditional narrative form, pushing the limits of what a memoir can be. But though Machado accepts the praise, she can’t unlink the stories from the relationship that helped to produce them. Later, some of these works are included in her debut short story collection “Her Body and Other Parties ” (2017), an d she is praised for how she steps outside of convention, breaking down conventional form. T he shape of these stories were in weird constraints: entire narratives might take place in the form of lists, or in episode synopses for TV shows. Though she notes that one would assume that this context would have the opposite effect, Machado instead found herself prolific, producing stories outside of conventional forms. Late into “In The Dream House” (2019 ), Carmen Maria Machado r ecalls how, in the midst of an abusive relationship, she found that her creativity unexpectedly flourished. ![]()
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