Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

Synopsis

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 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, Paul Transforms His Body And His Gender At Will As He Crossed The Country--a Journey And Adventure Through The Deep Queer Archives Of Struggle And Pleasure. Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl Is A Riotous, Razor-sharp Bildungsroman Whose Hero/ine Wends His/her Way Through A World Gutted By Loss, Pulsing With Music, And Opening Into An Array Of Intimacy And Connections. Andrea Lawlor.