013 Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

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We thought we understood what this book is about, and then we really, really didn’t. There are apocalyptic viruses and sci-fi-esque body-altering surgeries; people turning invisible and reading minds. There’s even SVU fan fiction. Prepare to be shook as we get into this truly remarkable, genre-bending, heart-wrenching book of short stories by rising author Carmen Maria Machado. 

Mentioned in the Episode

• Jojo Rabbit (film) by Taika Waititi

• TV Show Development of Her Body and Other Parties

• Iowa Writers Workshop

• Magical Realism

• Carmen Maria Machado’s individually published short stories

• Law and Order SVU

• Buzzfeed Article “For Everyone Who’s Still F*cked Up Over That Story About the Girl With the Green Ribbon Around Her Neck”

Recommendations

• A Guide to Being Born by Ramona Ausubel

• “Incarnations of Burned Children” by David Foster Wallace (from Oblivion: Stories)

• The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Episode 022)

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