Torrey Peters In conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg

Room: Lecture Hall | 10:00 AM - 11:30 PA

After the presentation, attendees are welcome to purchase a book and/or get their book signed by the author at the signing tent outside of the main entrance of the library.

Pre-registation is extremely helpful for planning purposes, but is not required. Pre-registered attendees will get priority seating in the event of limited seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows.

Description

In this collection of one novel and three novellas, the bestselling author of Detransition, Baby pushes trans-genre to its limits to explore who gets included—and excluded—from the possibilities of gender.

“From one of the boldest, most innovative voices in fiction today. . . [What unites this collection] is Torrey Peters’ masterful and unflinching depiction of desire.”—Bustle

Biography

Torrey Peters is the author of the bestselling novel Detransition, Baby (Random House, 2021), which was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for the John Leonard Prize, longlisted for the Women’s Prize, and was a Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club Pick. Her newest book, Stag Dance, is forthcoming from Random House in 2025.

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of the novel Housemates, which was a national bestseller and named a best book of the year by The Boston Globe, People, NBC, Them.Us, Autostraddle, and Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and others. Her narrative nonfiction book, The Third Rainbow Girl, was a New York Times Notable Book and Editor’s Choice. She lives in Philadelphia.