{"product_id":"terry-dactyl-9781566897419","title":"Terry Dactyl","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom iconic author and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore comes a breathless search for intimacy and connection, ranging from club culture to the art world, from the AIDS crisis to COVID-19.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTerry Dactyl has lived many lives. Raised by boisterous lesbian mothers in Seattle, she comes of age as a trans girl in the 1980s in a world of dancing queens and late-night house parties just as the AIDS crisis ravages their world. After moving to New York City, Terry finds a new family among gender-bending club kids bonded by pageantry and drugs, fiercely loyal and unapologetic. She lands a job at a Soho gallery, where, after partying all night, she spends her days bringing club culture to the elite art world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years later, in a panic during the COVID-19 lockdown, Terry returns to a Seattle stifled by gentrification and pandemic isolation until resistance erupts following the murder of George Floyd, and her search for community ignites once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn propulsive, intoxicating prose, \u003ci\u003eTerry Dactyl\u003c\/i\u003e traces an extraordinary journey from adolescence to adulthood, delivering a vital portrait of queer identity in all its peril and possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566897419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51730240307381,"sku":"9781566897419","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_44455986-3abb-4a85-96d7-0bf993f1a025.jpg?v=1758004648","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/terry-dactyl-9781566897419","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}