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She stops to look into her mother's face. It is smooth and blank as a stone. Nothing emerges; nothing shifts.

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She stops to look into her mother's face. It is smooth and blank as a stone. Nothing emerges; nothing shifts.

Torrey Peters on Writing Symbols, Sex, and Strategy

The author discusses her new book, Stag Dance

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“Don’t come out until I come back!”

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I worried I had broken the chatbot by trauma-dumping, and no one, human or machine, had the capacity to console me completely.

The East is Red

If he took a shortcut, if he made the creative process any easier for himself, the magic would be lost.

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We know the orcas are right to sink yachts but we can’t help but betray our infatuation with a certain lifestyle.

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Today I heard five Shakespearean insults walking along the corridor, and if I hear one more, it will be a good day, an even day.

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In the offline world, it’s totally possible for something to be great and terrible at the same time.