The Creature

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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The author discusses her new book, Stag Dance

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“Don’t come out until I come back!”

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The Creature

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

Solitaria

“Don’t come out until I come back!”

Who Are You Close To?

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.

How to Get Undead in Advertising: An Interview with Aurora Stewart de Peña

The author of Julius Julius on ad agency ghosts, shaming PSAs, and sexual harassment post-#MeToo

‘I Resist Through Exploration’: An Interview with Allie Rowbottom

The author of Aesthetica on stardom and online hate, conflict between feminisms, and the evergreen currency of a woman’s image.

Everything is Open

“People tend to notice when you say, ‘I can open your front door in thirty seconds.’”

Mickey Mouse’s Bait Dogs

Pregnant potcakes from Belize and Cuba, foster failures from Miami-Dade, puppies found in trash bins.

Never Kissing

On movies and rain. 

Plug Two

A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.

The Possibility of an Island

On luxury shopping, men’s fashion and end-of-the-world salvation.