‘Mainlining Ray Bradbury’:: An interview with Carmen Maria Machado

A. J.  Ashworth

doi:10.1386/fict_00079_7

‘Mainlining Ray Bradbury’: An interview with Carmen Maria Machado

A. J. Ashworth

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A conversation between acclaimed American short story writer and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado and A. J. Ashworth, with a particular focus on Machado’s story ‘Inventory’. Machado discusses what drew her to the short story as well as her evolution as a writer of the fantastical. She also touches on writing about sex, formal innovation, rejection, endings and struggling to write during the COVID pandemic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-112
Journal	Short Fiction in Theory & Practice
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Jun 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00079_7
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2023

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short story
carmen maria machado
her body and other parties
COVID-19
endings
short stories
fantastical
rejection
sex short story form

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