{"product_id":"so-many-ways-to-sleep-badly-9780872864689","title":"So Many Ways to Sleep Badly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sycamore kicks mainstream literature in the teeth.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore's exhilarating novel is about struggling to find hope in the ruins of everyday San Francisco--battling roaches, Bikram Yoga, chronically bad sex, NPR, internet cruising, tweakers, the cops, $100 bills, chronic pain, the gay vote, vegan restaurants and incest, with the help of air-raid sirens, herbal medicine, late-night epiphanies, sea lions and sleeping pills. \u003cem\u003eSo Many Ways to Sleep Badly\u003c\/em\u003e unveils a gender-bending queer world where nothing flows smoothly, except for those sudden moments when everything becomes lighter or brighter or easier to imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMattilda Bernstein Sycamore \u003c\/strong\u003eis the gender-bending author of the highly praised novel \u003cem\u003ePulling Taffy \u003c\/em\u003eand the editor of the anthology \u003cem\u003eNobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity\u003c\/em\u003e. Sycamore writes regularly for a variety of publications, including \u003cem\u003eBitch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlterNet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMake\/Shift\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMaximumRocknRoll\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872864689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2008 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2009 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40422864847029,"sku":"9780872864689","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ccfd88bd-6c55-406b-aeee-6a43b70b94e0.jpg?v=1625574616","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/so-many-ways-to-sleep-badly-9780872864689","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}