Her body and other parties genre6/28/2023 Parul Sehgal of The New York Times wrote, "It's a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror." A review in Slate said, "In eight searingly original stories, Machado uses the literary techniques of horror and science fiction to expose the truth about our modern parables: that they're as grotesque and enchanting as any classic fairy tale." The review aggregator website Bookmarks notes that the collection received "rave" reviews. Literary significance and reception Ĭritical reviews for the short story collection were extremely positive. The story "The Husband Stitch" was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette. The collection won the Shirley Jackson Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Her Body and Other Parties is a 2017 short story collection by the writer Carmen Maria Machado, published by Graywolf Press.
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