SUBTEXT BOOKS (ST. PAUL)
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD
5:30-7PM
Register now for the Pride Soft Cover Book Club event where we’ll be discussing the short story collection Stag Dance by Torrey Peters! This was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and we look forward to breaking from the traditional novel format to discuss this collection.
As part of this book club event, we are donating to Quatrefoil Library and ask as part of your registration that you send us an email confirming your donation to softcoverbookclubmn@gmail.com. You can donate here! There is no minimum required! The Quatrefoil Library is a queer community space and library dedicated to LGBTQIA+ literature, history, and culture.
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
Stag Dance is a genre-bending collection of short stories exploring the boundaries of trans identity, gender performance, and desire. The collection includes three short stories and a novella:
“In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition.
Three startling stories surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex. In “The Chaser,” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, “The Masker,” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood.”
We will have limited spots available due to space so register soon if you can, we are so excited to discuss this collection!
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