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We’re in a Rough Place in History Right Now: The Millions Interviews Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado’s debut collection, Her Body and Other Parties, was a National Book Award finalist and is being developed by FX for television. Her memoir, In the Dream House, publishes in November. In the meantime, Machado is the guest editor of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, which called “a masterful showcase of what’s possible.”

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