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 Best Fiction About the Past Grows Out of Gaps': An Interview with Alix Hawley

The author of My Name Is a Knife on historical fiction, frontier life, and sharing headspace with her characters. 

Secrets Are a Captive Country

My grandfather had never told me about his trip to the Soviet Union in the sixties, but I don't know why I was surprised. He never told me anything, not even my grandmother's name.

'It's Harder When You're Writing About People You Actually Admire': An Interview with Keith Gessen

The author of A Terrible Country on what a story about Russia can say about America, dark moments during writing, and why there aren't more novels about hockey.

The Personal Business of Being Laid Off

I was told getting laid off from my dream job had nothing to do with me, but after I was let go, I felt like I had lost a part of myself that I couldn't get back. 

Boyhood is Bigger Than the Stereotype: An Interview with Rachel Giese

The author of Boys: What It Means to Become a Man on navigating masculinity in parenting, sex education and sports. 

A Definition of Fiction and Poetry

Just as a wall does not separate but binds two things together, language keeps us inextricably entangled and inextricably separate.