6/24/2023 0 Comments In my dream house book![]() ![]() The chapters of the memoir come to constitute the “dream house,” which is brought to life through the very substance of the book. ![]() Her memoir, In the Dream House, skillfully plays with different genres, perspectives, and motives to present an unconventional exploration of queer abuse between two women. Carmen Maria Machado holds the distinct ability to manipulate language to create meaning in the context of culture in general. ![]() However, this experience of having coherent sense slapped to thoughts that normally threaten to drown me, is not limited to myself. Indeed, both times that I devoured her work, Carmen’s words seemed to articulate the meaning of personal experiences and thoughts that, prior to the salvation of her words, existed in a twisted jumble of confusion. Rather, it is Machado’s style, her ability to interweave choice words in a way that powerfully deploys language, that leaves me gasping, clinging to her words one by one, for meaning and sense. It’s not explicitly the content of her works that causes the swell of tears in my eyes, though their storylines are certainly powerful in and of themselves. Both times her words almost brought me to tears. I have read two of Carmen Maria Machado’s works: her memoir In the Dream House and a short story from her forthcoming collection, The Tour. ![]()
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