Portrait Of: Carmen Maria Machado

Published: July 27, 2021, 10 a.m.

Carmen Maria Machado is a modern-day literary phenomenon. From horror to speculative fiction to comic books, her writing defies genre. She\u2019s a bestselling author, a National Book Award finalist, and a Guggenhein Fellow. Her experimental memoir \u201cIn the Dream House,\u201d about a past abusive queer relationship, was named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, the New Yorker and TIME Magazine, among others.

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In this \u201cPortrait Of,\u201d Maria Hinojosa talks to Carmen about navigating mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, writing horror, and confronting her Latinx identity.