{"product_id":"paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor","title":"Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003eA modern homage to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, set against the backdrop of nineties queer counterculture, following a shapeshifter named Paul on a punk picaresque odyssey. Previously published by a small press, the novel quickly earned high praise and many fans, prompting the author to seek out a larger publisher.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt'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 flaneur 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early nineties identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero\/ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening into an array of intimacy and connections.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrea Lawlor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and edits fiction for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. They live in western Massachusetts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is their first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"You Belong Books and Crafts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46653025550535,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/3258\/5671\/files\/paultakestheform.jpg?v=1781370025","url":"https:\/\/youbelongbooksandcrafts.com\/products\/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor","provider":"You Belong Books and Crafts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}