Mattilda B Sycamore
@mbsycamore.bsky.social
New novel, TERRY DACTYL, out Nov 11, 2025 from Coffee House in US & Cipher in UK!⚡🌷Also: TOUCHING THE ART, THE FREEZER DOOR, BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE + working on ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK ++ https://www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/
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This Club Kid Knows How to Survive. The Better Question Is: How to Live?
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Honey, I'm sobbing, yes, literally SOBBING after reading this review of TERRY DACTYL by Trish Bendix in the New York Times Book Review, which engages with the book on so many deep levels, yes, I'm reading it over and over, what a gift, this means everything to me!!!💞💞💞💞💞
Sinus sadness. Sinus sadness. Maybe this is redundant. If sadness is the plural of sinus. The dryness of those radiators, the pollution-soaked air. How everything lingers. Seasonal, but how many. The sadness of the sinus. The sinus of the sadness. Help, where are you taking me.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sinus sadness. Sinus sadness. Maybe this is redundant. If sadness is the plural of sinus. The dryness of those radiators, the pollution-soaked air. How everything lingers. Seasonal, but how many. The sadness of the sinus. The sinus of the sadness. Help, where are you taking me.
One of the most human things about NYC is that there are so many cash-only businesses, & businesses that give a discount if you pay in cash. Unlike in Seattle, where so many businesses don’t allow cash payment at all (or tips), & they act like somehow these exclusionary policies are progressive.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
One of the most human things about NYC is that there are so many cash-only businesses, & businesses that give a discount if you pay in cash. Unlike in Seattle, where so many businesses don’t allow cash payment at all (or tips), & they act like somehow these exclusionary policies are progressive.
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My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
"A heartfelt thanks to our wonderful (give us money) community"
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"A heartfelt thanks to our wonderful (give us money) community"
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From every river to every sea, no one's free until we're all free.
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
From every river to every sea, no one's free until we're all free.
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Solidarity with Indigenous peoples fighting for their freedom and sovereignty, including Palestinians, today and every day.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Solidarity with Indigenous peoples fighting for their freedom and sovereignty, including Palestinians, today and every day.
One question I have about Mamdani’s visit with the fuhrer: does the apparent chumminess of this visit further endanger other mayors/cities that the fuhrer is targeting, if they are not willing or able to play the charade at this level?
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One question I have about Mamdani’s visit with the fuhrer: does the apparent chumminess of this visit further endanger other mayors/cities that the fuhrer is targeting, if they are not willing or able to play the charade at this level?
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Here’s Here Is a Figure! It’s about the lying-down figures that are ubiquitous in contemporary lit. It shows how they remediate apparently-opposed precedents: the dead body, the odalisque, the protester & the patient in bed. It’s about what they’re doing & what we’re asked to do in continuation.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Here’s Here Is a Figure! It’s about the lying-down figures that are ubiquitous in contemporary lit. It shows how they remediate apparently-opposed precedents: the dead body, the odalisque, the protester & the patient in bed. It’s about what they’re doing & what we’re asked to do in continuation.
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won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
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Btw I'm greatly enjoying the prose of @mbsycamore.bsky.social 's TERRY DACTYL, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
And this passage from Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's TERRY DACTYL feels as coincidental to me as @cinefeast33.bsky.social's does to him.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Btw I'm greatly enjoying the prose of @mbsycamore.bsky.social 's TERRY DACTYL, from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Yes, honey, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, and doesn't she look lovely... Out now from @cipherpress.bsky.social and available in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe... My first book with a UK edition, here she comes...💕💋⚡💐
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Yes, honey, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, and doesn't she look lovely... Out now from @cipherpress.bsky.social and available in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe... My first book with a UK edition, here she comes...💕💋⚡💐
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…We will never sell out our authors for federal funding. Our values aren’t for sale. If you share our values, we’re in this together. And believe us: we’re all in.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
…We will never sell out our authors for federal funding. Our values aren’t for sale. If you share our values, we’re in this together. And believe us: we’re all in.
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When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
Everyone in New York wants to cancel plans for a walk when it's raining, and I'm like honey, what are you talking about, my head is finally clear.
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Everyone in New York wants to cancel plans for a walk when it's raining, and I'm like honey, what are you talking about, my head is finally clear.
(When you have to delete and repost something twice because of typos, maybe it's time to get ready for bed. But I'm enjoying standing out here in the rain.)
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
(When you have to delete and repost something twice because of typos, maybe it's time to get ready for bed. But I'm enjoying standing out here in the rain.)
You really know you're in New York when there's a doorman in formal attire at a bar called Schmuck.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
You really know you're in New York when there's a doorman in formal attire at a bar called Schmuck.
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Are autistic children a disappointing outcome for parents who were hoping to have a eugenically crafted child? The NYT investigates
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Are autistic children a disappointing outcome for parents who were hoping to have a eugenically crafted child? The NYT investigates
Yes, TERRY DACTYL is one of Diva Magazine's "6 new sapphic books that are perfect for your Christmas list," oh my!!👠🔥💥🌺
6 new sapphic books that are perfect for your Christmas list
Hope you have space on your bookshelves
diva-magazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Yes, TERRY DACTYL is one of Diva Magazine's "6 new sapphic books that are perfect for your Christmas list," oh my!!👠🔥💥🌺
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Israel has killed 312 Gazans and injured 760 more since the ceasefire began six weeks ago. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Updates: Israel military launches wave of strikes on Gaza killing 24
Children among the dead and wounded as Israeli army launches drone-and-missile strikes on civilian areas in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Israel has killed 312 Gazans and injured 760 more since the ceasefire began six weeks ago. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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This is very exciting. I cannot wait to get this book as a queer baby of the 90s!
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is very exciting. I cannot wait to get this book as a queer baby of the 90s!
Yes, I'll be in DC to launch TERRY DACTYL at Politics & Prose on December 1, 7 pm, and the previous day I'll be doing this workshop where we write around the art, play with words in and out of context, and see what experiments emerge...💞
We are doing ALL DAY WORKSHOPS!!!
Join us that same day (11/30/25) for an afternoon of strolling and writing with @mbsycamore.bsky.social, 3 pm at the Renwick Gallery! 🖼️
Join us that same day (11/30/25) for an afternoon of strolling and writing with @mbsycamore.bsky.social, 3 pm at the Renwick Gallery! 🖼️
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes, I'll be in DC to launch TERRY DACTYL at Politics & Prose on December 1, 7 pm, and the previous day I'll be doing this workshop where we write around the art, play with words in and out of context, and see what experiments emerge...💞
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Mattilda is in town for her book launch the following day at Politics and Prose (Conn Ave location), which YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS 🍬💥
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mattilda is in town for her book launch the following day at Politics and Prose (Conn Ave location), which YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS 🍬💥
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Have you ever wanted me to draw your favourite bird? Well now's your chance, I've donated a commission to the #Creatives4Sudan charity auction which is now live. You get to pick any bird and receive a print of the finished piece! 👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Birds
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Birds
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Have you ever wanted me to draw your favourite bird? Well now's your chance, I've donated a commission to the #Creatives4Sudan charity auction which is now live. You get to pick any bird and receive a print of the finished piece! 👇
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Birds
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtSky #Birds
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“We are ending the year with a discussion with Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore”
TERRY DACTYL includes the theme: “..what does a life that is lived in oppression to the mainstream - and is actually better than it - look like over time?” t4t.club
[image: Charles E. Burchfield,
Three Trees on the Road
Bernstein Sycamore”
TERRY DACTYL includes the theme: “..what does a life that is lived in oppression to the mainstream - and is actually better than it - look like over time?” t4t.club
[image: Charles E. Burchfield,
Three Trees on the Road
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“We are ending the year with a discussion with Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore”
TERRY DACTYL includes the theme: “..what does a life that is lived in oppression to the mainstream - and is actually better than it - look like over time?” t4t.club
[image: Charles E. Burchfield,
Three Trees on the Road
Bernstein Sycamore”
TERRY DACTYL includes the theme: “..what does a life that is lived in oppression to the mainstream - and is actually better than it - look like over time?” t4t.club
[image: Charles E. Burchfield,
Three Trees on the Road
Surprise! One more event before I leave New York, get ready...👠🔥🌠
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Surprise! One more event before I leave New York, get ready...👠🔥🌠