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In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.

In “Stag Dance,” Torrey Peters probes the complicated, evolving realities of queerness and trans life.

In Hilary Plum’s novel “State Champ,” a mediocre receptionist goes on a hunger strike — only to question the purpose of protest.

Laura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be?

In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world around us; he erases it.

In Katherine Packert Burke’s debut novel, a woman is haunted by change while grappling with the death of a friend.

In “Stolen Pride,” Arlie Russell Hochschild explores the emotional lives of Americans who vote for Donald Trump.

In Charlotte Wood’s novel “Stone Yard Devotional,” an atheist burrows into herself while staying in a convent, and contemplates how to live without causing harm.

Kristen Arnett’s new novel, “Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One,” follows a woman grappling with grief and love while pursuing her true passion: clowning.

In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce.