Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s ”the freezer door” On Bookworm |KCRW

Author, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | Photo by Jesse Mann

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, a transgender writer, speaks about crafting a narrative from the inside, internally, rather than imposing it. Her new book “The Freezer Door” explores the idea of radical visions not predicated on dominant norms, and the challenge of finding these visions in the gentrified gaze of contemporary cities. She discusses disappearing into books and her vulnerability, searching for connection with the world and people and the text itself, and writing what she’s most afraid to write in order to go on living.