The freezer door

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Book - 2020

The Freezer Door records the ebb and flow of desire in daily life. Crossing through loneliness in search of communal pleasure in Seattle, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore exposes the failure and persistence of queer dreams, the hypocritical allure of gay male sexual culture, and the stranglehold of the suburban imagination over city life. Ferocious and tender, The Freezer Door offers a complex meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that relentlessly enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity while claiming to celebrate diversity.

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Published
South Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e) [2020]
Language
English
Main Author
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (author)
Physical Description
277 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781635901283
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Review by Library Journal Review

Genderqueer author and activist Sycamore's The End of San Francisco eschewed the standard structure of memoir for a more free-form narrative of Sycamore's unusual and vibrant life. This latest work takes a similar tack, with Sycamore ruminating on dancing, sex, and life in the landscape of Seattle through nonsequiturs, stream-of-consciousness reflections, and imagined dialogues. A highly personal, complicated book, by turns blunt and poetic and full of thoughts on belonging and the lack of it, alienation, and the limitations of social convention and gender essentialism; not everyone will find Sycamore's style or viewpoints agreeable, but readers seeking non-mainstream queer perspectives should consider this challenging but broadening read, which presents observations on connection and loneliness that have the occasional ring of touching on a universal feeling. VERDICT Those familiar with Sycamore's writing and activist work will welcome this new installment; those unfamiliar but interested in exploring an unconventional angle on LGBTQ+ issues may find it illuminating.--Kathleen McCallister, William & Mary Libs., Williamsburg, VA

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