Carmen Maria Machado

Writer

American Academy in Berlin

1 standalone talk · 1 total lecture · 1h recorded

History & Humanities

Standalone talks by Carmen Maria Machado

Self-contained public lectures, keynote addresses, and research seminars.

Holy Shiver: Dreaming, Pleasure, and Power in Speculative Fiction

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History·Public Colloquium

Holy Shiver: Dreaming, Pleasure, and Power in Speculative Fiction

Carmen Maria Machado·American Academy in Berlin

Author Carmen Maria Machado discusses her novel-in-progress, 'Holy Shiver,' exploring themes of pleasure, power, and authoritarianism through a lens of medieval German poetics and contemporary dystopia.