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Volume 13 Number 1
  • ISSN: 2043-0701
  • E-ISSN: 2043-071X

Abstract

A conversation between acclaimed American short story writer and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado and writer A. J. Ashworth, with a particular focus on Machado’s story ‘Inventory’ from her collection . 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-19 pandemic.

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2023-06-27
2025-01-15
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Keyword(s): COVID-19; endings; fantastical; rejection; sex; short stories; short story form
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