Torrey Peters

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  • Comment: not yet notable. wait until the book is published and reviews are available. DGG ( talk ) 10:06, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Torrey Peters is an American author.[1][2] Peters debut novel, Detransition, Baby, is one of the first written by a trans woman to be issued by the big-five publishing houses, Penguin Random House, and has been met with mainstream and critical success.[3][4] She is based in Brooklyn, New York and is an avid motorcyclist.[5]

Early life and education

Peters grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Iowa with an MFA and from Dartmouth College with an MA in Comparative Literature.[5][6] She transitioned from male to female during in her early 30s in the midst of her fellowship program in Comparative Literature at Dartmouth.[7]

Work

Peters first two self-published novellas, The Masker and Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, were published online in 2016 and reviewed by Harron Walker for them.[1][8] The Masker is about a sissy as they contemplate transitioning from male to female.[5] Set in a dystopian future where bioterrorism has destroyed the body's ability to produce sex hormones, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones, follows Patient Zero and their cat-and-mouse relationship with Lexi, a working-class, gun-obsessed trans girl.[9] "Glamour Boutique," Peters third novella explores a casual Craigslist encounter at a crossdressers’ boutique store.[5]

Peters debut novel, Detransition, Baby, published by Penguin Random House in 2021, has been met with critical success by crafting a tender exploration of gender, parenthood, and love.[10][11] The humorous, pulpy novel follows Reese, a trans woman longing to be a mother by sleeping with married men; Ames, previously Amy; and Katrina, a Chinese Jewish woman who is several months pregnant with Ames’s child. Ames suggests that Katrina let Reese assist in raising the baby with them, because he will be unable to fully be present as a “father.”[12][13] Actress and model Hari Nef has praised the novel for its breathtaking originality.[14] The dedication for Detransition, Baby, is to divorced cis women since divorced cis women must start over at a point in adulthood when they’re supposed to be established not dissimilar to trans woman. She notes writers like Rachel Cusk, Toni Morrison, Elena Ferrante, and Sarah Schulman who have written about divorces as immediate inspirations .[15]

She has written reviews for a breadth of transgender and gender non-conforming authors, such as Janet Mock, Akwaeke Emezi, and Casey Plett, who've published books through Arsenal Pulp Press, Metonymy, and Topside Press.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Torrey Peters | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  2. ^ "Torrey Peters". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Lila (2021-01-06). "Torrey Peters Goes There". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. ^ "Here Are the 10 New Books You Should Read in January". Time. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  5. ^ a b c d Walker, Harron. "Trans Author Torrey Peters Wants to Air Our Dirty Laundry". them. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ^ "The Best of Brevity: Zoe Bossiere and Dinty W. Moore with Contributors (VIRTUAL EVENT) | McNally Jackson Books". www.mcnallyjackson.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  7. ^ Beck, M. L.; Freihaut, B.; Henry, R.; Pierce, S.; Bayer, W. L. (1975-01). "A serum haemagglutinating property dependent upon polycarboxyl groups". British Journal of Haematology. 29 (1): 149–156. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.1975.tb01808.x. ISSN 0007-1048. PMID 32. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Torrey Peters". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  9. ^ "(Trans) Love and Other Scars: An Interview with Torrey Peters, Author of Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones". Autostraddle. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. ^ Epstein, Rachel (2020-11-16). "Pre-Order These Highly-Anticipated 2021 Book Releases". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  11. ^ Facebook; Twitter; options, Show more sharing; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; URLCopied!, Copy Link; Print (2021-01-06). "Review: A social comedy on 'detransitioning' asks: Who is anyone to judge?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-01-06. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Alma's Favorite Books for Winter 2021". Alma. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  13. ^ "Serpent's Tail to publish 'uniquely trans take on love and parenting' by Torrey Peters | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  14. ^ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE KAITLIN PHILLIPS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE". Spike Art Magazine. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  15. ^ "Torrey Peters". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  16. ^ Peters, Torrey (2020-11-19). "12 of the Best Books by Trans Authors, According to Torrey Peters". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-27.

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I've updated the page to read objectively and included annotations from recent interviews and features from notable publications such as Los Angeles Times, TIME Magazine, Artforum, Vulture, and more. Peters notoriety includes her newest novel, Detransition, Baby, as among the first written by a trans woman to be issued by a big-five publishing house, Penguin Random House.

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