World Literature Lecture Series: Lecture on Carmen Maria Machado
World Literature Lecture Series lecture on Carmen Maria Machado, presented by Humanities Program faculty member Annjeanette Wiese. Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Carmen Maria Machado is an American short story author, essayist, and critic best known forÌýHer Body and Other Parties,Ìýa short story collection, and her memoirÌýIn the Dream House. Her fiction has been a finalist for numerous prizes including the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. As the jacket copy of her short story collection notes, "Here are eight startling stories that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. Earthly and otherworldly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious,ÌýHer Body and Other PartiesÌýenlarges the possibilities of contemporary fiction." Her memoir, in turn, explores narrative tropes and form in many ways, including, as the copy tells us, legal proceedings, fairy tales, iconic works of film and fiction, and a broad swath of queer history in order to dissect "the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse."
The lectures are free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.ÌýSee a link to registerÌý. Please register in advance if possible (though registration is not required). We hope you will join us and bring your friends!