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. 

Making Peace with New Age

After years of being one of those people who used the term as a derogatory catch-all, I realized that music that falls under the label can, and often does, help me in unexpected ways.

Free, or Something Like It

After their peak in the 1980s and 1990s, material premiums have become an increasingly rare advertising tactic.

Pride of Patchogue

My hometown is famous for a hate crime, and ten years after that murder, it’s not clear much progress has been made.

Psychopaths and the Rest of Us

Searching for empathy with those society deems unforgivable.

My Grandmother's Survival

Like so many German Jews, my Nana's family was late to leave the country when Hitler came to power. They thought antisemitism was a relic of the past. 

The First Time I Cried on the Q

The human body is a work of splendor and misery.