![]() ![]() The two begin seeing each other sporadically the partner claims she is in an open relationship with her long-distance partner Val, whom Machado also meets and becomes close friends with. The author begins her story: While living in Iowa City and beginning her MFA program, Machado meets her partner (who will remain unnamed) through mutual friends. As Machado is a recognized writer and graduate of the Iowa Workshop MFA program, In the Dream House features different modes of narration, using the memoir genre to break this “silence.” ![]() The narrative follows her initial meeting, relationship, and breakup with an abusive woman. To address “archival silence”-the absence of queer abuse stories in contemporary culture and academic archival evidence-Carmen Maria Machado writes her experimental memoir In the Dream House. This guide is based on the 2019 paperback version published by Graywolf Press.Ĭontent Warning: This guide discusses physical and psychological domestic abuse. ![]()
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