Writer Carmen Maria Machado wasn't totally surprised when her parents informed her, 31 years into their marriage, that they were planning to divorce. But the news did produce a wave of anxiety over ...

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Since it was published last year, Carmen Maria Machado‘s debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, has been raking in awards and nominations. It won the Bard Fiction Prize, the John ...

Carmen Maria Machado at Vanessa’s Dumplings, a New York favorite. Photo: Christian Rodriguez Carmen Maria Machado at Vanessa’s Dumplings, a New York favorite. Photo: Christian Rodriguez Started my day ...

When Carmen Maria Machado started searching for stories about intimate partner violence in queer relationships, there wasn't much out there. But in her new memoir, she says that type of abuse can ...