Torrey Peters

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Essential Trans Books That Reflect Our Real and Imagined Selves

2 weeks ago | transvitae.com | Torrey Peters |Imogen Binnie

This month, and every month, trans voices matter. Pride isn’t just a celebration of who we are; it’s also a reminder that our stories deserve to be heard, seen, and held with care. For many transgender people, books have been quiet companions during years of isolation, self-doubt, and closeted living. We found escape between the lines, even when we couldn’t find ourselves there. But things are changing.
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Torrey Peters |Sinead Campbell

Torrey Peters, authorEven though it came out only last year, I was so impressed with Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empiresthat I am on my second reread. As all around me institutions fall and norms fail, I feel the moment requires audacious re-imaginings of history or possibilities of thought, and on both a political and imaginative level, Enrigue delivers with his wild telling of the meeting between Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma.
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

1 month ago | ca.style.yahoo.com | Torrey Peters |Sinead Campbell

Brian by Jeremy Cooper; You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue; The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger.Composite: Fitzcarraldo; Harvill Secker; Fourth Estate Torrey Peters, authorEven though it came out only last year, I was so impressed with Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empires that I am on my second reread.
Torrey Peters Is Trying to Future-Proof Her Next Novel

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Torrey Peters

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."In April 1965, Harper’s Bazaar unveiled an edition of the magazine guest-edited by photographer Richard Avedon and dedicated to “the off-beat side of Now.” Borne of a moment of upheaval not unlike the one we’re currently living in, the issue explored the people and ideas that were shaping the era.
Author Torrey Peters on why her existence ‘terrifies some people’

Mar 21, 2025 | smh.com.au | Benjamin Law |Torrey Peters

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the March 22 edition of Good Weekend.See all 13 stories. Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we’re told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they’re given. This week, he talks to Torrey Peters.
The March 22 Edition

Mar 21, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Marion Hume |Torrey Peters

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The March 22 Edition

Mar 21, 2025 | smh.com.au | Marion Hume |Torrey Peters

There’s much fear around artificial intelligence (AI), especially its potential to eradicate jobs on an unprecedented scale, or even wipe out humanity if it leaps into the kind of rogue super-intelligence we see in sci-fi films. US President Donald Trump’s demolition of the first set of guardrails around AI, designed to keep this rapidly evolving technology controllable and responsible, will mean its intrusion into our daily lives will now be unchecked.
The March 22 Edition

Mar 21, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Marion Hume |Torrey Peters

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If Torrey Peters Wasn’t a Writer, She Would Build Saunas (and Other Literary Morsels)

Mar 14, 2025 | lithub.com | Torrey Peters

Torrey Peters’s novel, Stag Dance, is available now from Random House, so we asked her a few questions about writing, reading, alternate careers, and more. Article continues after advertisement*Which of your characters is your favorite? The Babe in Stag Dance is my favorite character.
“Oppressive language…is violence.”

Mar 12, 2025 | adastrastories.substack.com | Casey Plett |Akwaeke Emezi |Torrey Peters |Geena Rocero

[Dear readers: This issue contains discussions of transphobia.] In her 1993 Nobel Lecture in Literature, Toni Morrison said: “Oppressive language does more than represent violence, it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge, it limits knowledge.” This quote plays on repeat in my mind (as do many of her other reflections on literature and fascism—which you can find compiled in The Source of Self-Regard), especially these days as “excused” rhetoric and behavior grow...

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