Paul takes the form of a mortal girl

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Andrea Lawlor: Paul takes the form of a mortal girl (2017)

354 pages

English language

Published March 7, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-9860869-9-1
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OCLC Number:
1002129413

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It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women's Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco--a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure. Andrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early '90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero/ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening …

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Subjects

  • Gay culture
  • Fiction
  • Riot grrrl movement
  • Shapeshifting
  • Lesbian culture