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Stag Dance
''Stag Dance'' is a 2025 book by the American writer Torrey Peters, consisting of three short stories and the titular novel. It was published by Penguin Random House. Plot "Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones" In an apocalypse, apocalyptic near-future Seattle, a pandemic renders humans unable to produce sex hormones. "The Chaser" A boy questions his sexuality as he embarks on an ill-fated relationship with his femme boarding school roommate. "The Masker" While attending a Las Vegas transfeminine gathering, Krys is forced to confront her own identity when others at the event turn on a guest wearing a full body silicone woman suit. ''Stag Dance'' Babe Bunyan, a large, unattractive lumberjack, decides to attend his winter camp's stag dance as a woman, placing him in a rivalry with the younger, more feminine Lisen. Reception In his review for ''The New York Times'', writer Hugh Ryan praised ''Stag Dance'', praising Peters's skill at "plumbing the murky hearts of queer people". In '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters (born July 1981) is an American author. Her debut novel, '' Detransition, Baby'', has received mainstream and critical success. The novel was nominated for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction and won the 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award. Peters' second book, '' Stag Dance'', was published in 2025. Early life and education Peters was born in Evanston, Illinois. Her father was a professor and her mother was a lawyer. Peters says she grew up in a community that was not very religious or socially liberal, and she did not know the word "trans" until she was an adult. She grew up in Chicago, later attending Hampshire College. During her young adulthood, she traveled to the Dominican Republic as an exchange student, and later lived in Cameroon and Uganda. She graduated from the University of Iowa with an MFA, and from Dartmouth College with an MA in Comparative Literature. Career Early writing and self-publishing In 2012, when Peters was at the University of Iowa, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |