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Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Literature · 2017
Andrea Lawlor
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Literature 2017

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

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Author
Andrea Lawlor
Year
2017
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This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
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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 leath...

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Andrea Lawlor, 2017 — Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

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 leath...

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Lets the after-hours thread settle into a deeper literature form.
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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 leath...
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