teaches

The author is a writer and founder of the education company Amie Teaches.

Speaking as someone who, like millions of students across the country, learned to type using the famous “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” software, I’m fascinated by the mere idea of a feature-length documentary on the subject.

Nor could the publishers of Bobby’s two books, My 60 Memorable Games and Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, easily keep up with demand for the chess star’s perspective.

Two decades on, “The Teaches of Peaches” sounds raw and transgressive, with a playful, expansive view of gender identity that is decidedly modern.

“My spirit name, Tsa-Tsique, means Woman Who Teaches, so it’s my responsibility to be a messenger, and a good relative, while I’m trying to tell these stories.”