Benny B. Peterson presents THE MAIDENHEADS
Schedule
Wed Jul 15 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Greedy Reads Remington | Baltimore, MD
Join us in Remington for the release of Benny B. Peterson's debut novel THE MAIDENHEADS, in conversation with Rahne Alexander!About this Event
Registration for this event is not required; however, in the case of a full event, your registration will reserve your seat.
Join us in Remington on Wednesday, July 15, to celebrate the release of Benny B. Peterson's debut novel The Maidenheads! Benny will be in conversation with artist and writer Rahne Alexander.
At the event, 10% of sales of The Maidenheads will be donated to Trans Maryland! Trans Maryland is a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland’s trans community.
This event is free to attend, but let us know you'll be there by registering here!
About The Maidenheads
A bighearted debut novel about queer yearning, indie musicians, and bushwacking a thorny path back to your first love
Jamie is bad at endings, which is why she's stuck at a dead-end Baltimore newspaper job, continuing to have break-up sex with her first-ever hetero partner, and haunted by the what-ifs of her ex-girlfriend Mari—a charismatic and brilliant musician—and their former band together, the Maidenheads. Since they (and their band) broke up a decade ago, Jamie hasn't been able to sing.
Then an unexpected opportunity to perform in DC with Mari's successful new band arises, and Jamie jumps at it. What begins as a return to music becomes a reckoning—with the weight of unfinished love, the voice she long buried, and her own complicated past. But as Jamie channels more of her energy into the band, other threads in her life begin to fray, and she must make some urgent choices about her future.
Electric, spine-tingling, and filled to the brim with tenderness and honesty, The Maidenheads is a novel about the tenacity of first love, the life-changing power of music, and the difficult, necessary work of becoming yourself.
The Maidenheads releases on Tuesday, May 26 and is available for preorder !
Benny B. Peterson (they/them) is a writer and editor based near Washington, DC. A contributing editor at Washingtonian magazine, they have also worked at Foreign Policy, the New Republic, and Street Sense, DC's street newspaper. They have written about culture, politics, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues for The New York Times, Washington Post, Elle, Slate, and The Atlantic, among other places, and received an MFA in fiction from Bennington.
Rahne Alexander is an intermedia artist and writer from Baltimore. She was probably out as trans before you were.
Where is it happening?
Greedy Reads Remington, 320 West 29th Street, Baltimore, United StatesUSD 0.00
