In a story by this author, the narrator states she does not know whether the area protected by a green ribbon was “wet with blood and openings or smooth and neutered like the nexus between the legs of a doll.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author whose collection Her Body and Other Parties opens with “The Husband Stitch.”
ANSWER: Carmen Maria Machado
[10m] Machado is currently visiting faculty at this university, her alma mater. This university’s MFA faculty have included Marilynne Robinson and Raymond Carver.
ANSWER: University of Iowa [accept Iowa Writer’s Workshop]
[10e] Machado also wrote a memoir about an abusive lesbian relationship titled for a “Dream” one of these places. One of these places “On Mango Street” titles a Sandra Cisneros novel.
ANSWER: house [accept In the Dream House; accept The House on Mango Street]
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