In this episode, poet Liv Mammone joins Élaina to discuss the genre-breaking offering that is Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”. We talk about what it means to consume someone else’s trauma narrative as “art” and the fact that Machado seems to have created her own planetary system.

CN: This book is about Machado’s experience in an abusive queer relationship and Liv shares some of her own experience in a toxic relationship, so please make sure you take care of yourself if you choose to listen to this episode.

Also, we do go on a tangent about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Disney queer villains and Dickens, but I swear it is all relevant and all in service of celebrating this excellent memoir.

You can find Liv on Facebook under Liv Mammone or on Instagram  @mammoneliv. You can also find Game Over Books on all social media.

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