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.

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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

In the Mist

Notes on cruising. 

The Year in Empathy

People arrive at the ER every day looking for my help, and the uncomfortable truth is that I’m often so overwhelmed that I struggle to connect with them.

Not Even Seventeen

On two movies about teenagers.

'Sink Back In To What Was Lost': An Interview with Jonathan Escoffery

The author of If I Survive You on the gift of humour, the impact of the housing crisis, and family legacy. 

My Experience In a School Shooting

“Not here, not this school.” Until it is.

The Year in Stupid Tattoos I'm Sure I Won't Regret

I’m the first woman in the world to get a tattoo because she’s sad! I invented it!

‘A Life in Raw Mythology’: An Interview with Jason McBride

The author of Eat Your Mind, the first full-scale authorized biography of Kathy Acker, on renewed relevance and creative capaciousness.