Today, I just want to focus on “The Husband Stitch.” I plan to write more about The Low, Low Woods in future posts. While the story does not deal with issues of race, it serves as a good lead in to The Low, Low Woods and the themes present within that text.
I haven’t read all of the stories yet, but after reading “The Husband Stitch,” the opening story in the collection, I knew I had to include it in the course. He was teaching Machado’s collection of short stories, Her Body and Other Parties, in one of his courses, and he let me borrow the book. Check out our other projects ! Learn more about Queer Spec at: QueerSpec.As I thought about texts for my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” course, a Jaydn DeWald suggested I read Carmen Maria Machado and Dani’s The Low, Low Woods, a graphic novel that deals with issues of patriarchy, sexual assault, and trauma. Keep in touch with us and see what we’re up to by visiting our website: īitches on Comics is a Queer Spec project. Support us by joining our Patreon Community. Show us some love by giving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PodChaser, or wherever you get your podcasts. Fleenor: and Twitter), and Monika Estrella Negra: Instagram and Twitter. You can follow Bitches on Comics on Instagram and and you can follow our hosts: Sara Century: and Twitter), S.E.
Learn more about It Came From the Closet.įollow Carmen Maria Machado at: Instagram Trigger warning: Discussions of intimate partner violence, abuse, sexual assault, and the aftermath of each throughout. Plus, writing in different genres! Shirley Jackson! Haunted houses! Oh my! For our final Pride Extravaganza interview of 2022, we talk to Carmen Maria Machado about her memoir In the Dream House, her short story collection Her Body and Other Parties, and her graphic novel that absolutely rules The Low, Low Woods! We discuss the relationship between reality and speculative fiction, how trauma and abuse form us and who we choose to be in the aftermath, and the nature of being queer creatives.
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