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. 

'There Are Plenty of Readers For Whom Plot is Not the Be-All and End-All': An Interview with Eimear McBride

Talking to the author of Strange Hotel about the tolerance and patience of readers, writing "difficult" books, and the urgency that comes with age.

Paper Faces on Parade

Sanctioning the buffoonery of Joel Schumacher.

'You Can Sing an Alternate Reality': An Interview with Sasha Geffen

Talking to the author of Glitter Up the Dark about Savage Garden as entry-point to fandom, missing shitty clubs in the midst of a pandemic, and Britney Spears's communist reblogs.

Perverts Like Us

There was a creative storytelling aspect to sex, and a form of intimacy we didn't share with boys.

'There Are Pernicious Trends and Ideologies That I See Enduring': An Interview with Rachel Vorona Cote

The author of Too Much on who gets to be excessive, whether Victorian protagonists would get along, and the privilege of seeing yourself in literature. 

Leaving the House

Sometimes I think I can identify men who have daughters.