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  "path": "/article/780560/the-maiden-and-her-monster-maddie-martinez-on-queering-fantasy/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T14:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://washingtoncitypaper.com",
  "tags": [
    "Arts",
    "Books",
    "books",
    "LGBTQIA"
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  "textContent": "Maddie Martinez is having a full circle moment. Martinez arrived at American University in 2022 to get her master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution. Though she’s always been passionate about politics—she loved the two years she spent in D.C., which she describes as “so focused on global connection”—she was also writing a fantasy novel […]",
  "title": "The Maiden and Her Monster: Maddie Martinez On Queering Fantasy"
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