A preview of the novel I’m
reading right now!
As I work my way through
the hefty pile of essays and articles I have on my desk, I have also started
one of the full-length books that I will be basing this project on. I have
already discussed Stone Butch Blues
which I have ready many times before, but now I am reading Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor for the first
time. I spent quite awhile online looking for what other books I wanted to
include in this project, and as soon as I read about this one I knew I had to
read it. Unfortunately, it is not currently in print, it was originally published
in 2017 and is being rereleased in April, so all of the copies I could find online
were way too expensive. I couldn’t even find it in any of the libraries near
me, so I got my parents to pick it up from my local library at home and
ship it to me (thanks mom!). As you can see I got a little obsessed with
getting my hands on it, but it has finally arrived. I’m only 30 pages in and I’m
already hooked. It is based in the 1990s and follows the life of Paul, who is a
queer college student and bartender with a secret. He is able to shapeshift, he
changes his body at will to switch from man to woman and everything in between.
This is a super fascinating concept to me and I am excited to see how it plays
out throughout this story. Once I’ve finished it I will let you all know what I
think!
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