Mattilda B Sycamore

@mbsycamore

New novel, TERRY DACTYL, out now 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 ++

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Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· 21d

The giant fennel that has taken over the sign next to the gas station has been invaded by the blackberries, stay tuned

A giant fennel, with yellow flowers, about 8 ft tall, illuminated by the street lights at night, blackberry vines coming through and spreading out toward the ground

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· 22d

Did I mention my orchids went into full bloom while I was away? Yes, look at these girls🌼🌺🤍💖

Pink orchid with big flowers, almost magenta but a little darker, in front of a green tiered lamp and a bunch of other plant behind, window to the right

Giant white orchid flowers with yellow centers, in front of a large Norfolk pine

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· 24d

Me too🌠

I fell in love here
With an arrow pointing down
On a flat wooden pole
In a ravine with a stairwell leading to a building on one side and greenery on the other

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jul 10

Almost in Portland, and it's a sunny day on the bridge, squint and you can see the snow-covered mountain in the distance ✨💖🏔️

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jul 9

Seattle, there are some regal chairs out on the street for free, in case you're looking... 14th Ave East between Roy and Aloha on Capitol Hill🌸🌸🌸 @jseattle.bsky.social

Fuor red striped chairs sitting in a row in the grass between the sidewalk and a blue car, partially in sun and partially in shade

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jul 9

Is this a miracle, or is this actually a mailbox? Both!! I mean ever since they removed the mailbox that was right on my corner I've been in mourning, but at least now I've found this one four blocks down the hill. Not only that, but it's covered in priority mail sticker art, even better ⚡✨✨

Yes, it's the side of a mailbox in the dark, street lights illuminating the sidewalk and shining off the top of the mailbox, seven different priority mail stickers with a variety of art attached to the side, green and blue graffiti also visible

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jul 7

Hello, Portland! As part of the Oregon Summer Writers Workshop @mccormackwc.bsky.social there are outdoor faculty readings/book signings open to the public every night... Yes, I'll be reading from TERRY DACTYL on Thurs, July 16, 7:30 pm, check out that lineup! And, all these fantastic readings💞

MWC PRESENTS Oregon Summer Writers Workshop

READING SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 12

Eliana Ramage Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya m. mick powell

Monday, July 13 Kelli Jo Ford Joseph Earl Thomas Sam Sax Daniel Saldaña París

Tuesday, July 14 Melissa Lozada-Oliva Wendy C. Ortiz Danielle Evans Leila Chatti

Thursday, July 16 Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Denne Michele Norris Emma Copley Eisenberg Safia Elhillo

Friday, July 17 Dur e Aziz Amna Megan Fernandes Catherine Lacey Sarah Aziza

Saturday, July 18 Jamel Brinkley Torrey Peters Paul Tran

REED COLLEGE CERF AMPHITHEATER. WITH ASL INTERPRETER

NIGHTLY 7:30 PM PST

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 30

A new bloom for a new day 🌼🌼🌼

Yes, it's a large white orchid flower that has just bloomed today, opening in a triangular formation, yellow and red visible in the middle, surrounded by a large Norfolk pine, in the background you can see art on the orange walls, a few bookcases, a hint of pale green walls

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 30

Meow🐾

A hand-drawn Garfield head on the bottom of an upside down priority mail sticker, on the back of a street sign at night

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 30

Honey, look what's about to bloom in my apartment 🌼🌼🌼

A giant orchid bud about to bloom, several understand, stretching out in front of a large Norfolk pine, soft light in the background

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 29

True💥

COPS ARE
GARBAGE
It says on the garbage can...
COPS ARE
is a sticker added, just above where it says GARBAGE, white text on black, and just above is where you throw all that garbage away

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 26

I'm glad they updated the walk signals 👠🔥

It's a priority mail sticker covering the walk signal but you can't tell it's priority Mail because there is an abstract drawing of a Picasso-like head leaning to the side, purple and blue outline and underneath it says ROW in black, just above the arrow

This one is another priority mail sticker, but you can't tell because it's covered in what kind of looks like a playing card design but it's maybe a cop getting punched, yes, the word punch isn't quite visible, just NCH, but then below you see IT'S FUN, next to the cop getting punched is a white rabbit on maybe a red sofa, beneath this you see the arrow for the walk signal

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 25

DECADES in prison for these dangerous "activists you'd find anywhere in the US: trans people, tattoo artists, vegans and anti-ICE community members who engage in mutual aid"

What the federal government has described as “antifa extremists” are activists you’d find anywhere in the US: trans people, tattoo artists, vegans and anti-ICE community members who engage in mutual aid. The federal government’s focus on the possession of leftwing literature, including zines, and other basic security measures common in our modern era – like owning Faraday bags, meant to block wireless signals to prevent surveillance; using the encrypted messaging app Signal; or dressing in all-black clothing – is alarming to activists.

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 25

Honey, this is some of the government's "evidence" in the case... Yes, three books you can find anywhere if you're looking: What Is Gender Nihlism, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, and Movement for No Society💥

Three books arranged on a table with a lot of other things in the background. On the table we see What Is Gender Nihlism, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, and Movement for No Society

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 25

Honey, look at her, she's everything 💎💙

It's a giant pale blue hydrangea, so many flowers within the flower, and oblong roundish shape, surrounded by large flat green leaves

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 24

Now this is what we mean when we say yellow💛💛💛

Yes, it's a bright yellow lily, a giant one, you can see streaks of white but mostly a very lemon yellow color, green leaves and yellow buds in the background

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 24

Yes, the only World Cup news I'm interested in is news about protests, this one in Seattle looks mysterious but promising ⚽💥

FIFA is complicit in genocide!!

THE PEOPLE'S Football Match

JUNE 26 6:00PM

NEAR LUMEN FIELD IRAN vs. EGYPT GAME

you won't miss it!

www.boycottFIFA.org

Learn More!

(Flyer on electric pole showing soccer players surrounded by flames)

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 22

I guess it's an ad for something?

white, it says in giant red letters on the side of a building painted white at the bottom, tan above, the letters cover all the windows of what was once the store, blue sky in background

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 22

These ads are cute and all, but PrEP isn't about love, it's about sex, so they're promising a bit too much...

Love fearlessly, it says in pink, One Step PrEP, with two guys getting ready to kiss, black background

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 21

Don't diet...

RI
OT
Red letters on a sticker like the
LO
VE
Postage stamp
Sticker on the back of a shiny metal street sign

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 20

Wouldn't be surprised if they make this their official slogan

ICE IS THE KKK
It says on a black sticker in all white text with a white drawing of a hooded KKK/ICE officer in front of a tattered US flag

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 18

Was it this Versailles

Versailles, it says in gold script on a rotting wooden sign inside an ugly iron fence, some grass beneath, and tree trunks and shadows behind

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 14

Yes, please, every day, in every way 🌷🌷🌷

Handwritten sticker on the back of a street sign that says Talk to a Stranger, diagonally affixed to the sign with sidewalk and shadows visible in background

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 11

True 💥

All cats are beautiful, it says on a sticker beneath two beautiful cats staring at the camera and lying on a blanket, sticker on a metal street pole

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 11

Honey, these purple carrots are hard to chop, but look, look 💜🧡

Purple carrots on a wooden cutting board, one slice is super wide and inside is bright orange in the middle with purple surrounding on the sides, if only all carrots were this pretty

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 11

Yes, it's a Seattle sidewalk wonderland ❇️🌿🌸

All sorts of wild flowers and shrubs and greens tumbling into the sidewalk, purple foxglove stretch right into the middle so you walk into them, red poppies everywhere and what is that yellow bush on the side, so much green

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 8

Honey, this poppy in the rain, just look 🌸🌸🌸

It's a pale pink poppy, almost translucent, six round circles of a dark red inside, with a prickly purple center, growing out of weeds and grasses just next to a cement wall and sidewalk

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 7

Delighted to announce that I am the new editor and director of BUNNY, an imprint of Fonograf Editions, which will now publish "queer writing out of bounds--fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and the uncategorizable"🌺🌸🐇🌸🌺🐇🐇 First two books coming in 2027... Yes, get ready for trouble!!!🔥💥💕🌠💐

Fonograf Editions is thrilled to announce that renowned author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Terry Dactyl; Touching the Art; The Freezer Door) has joined our team as the new editor and director of our imprint BUNNY

Under Sycamore's direction, bunny will publish "queer writing out of bounds-- fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and the uncategorizable"

The first release under Sycamore's direction will be Corinne Manning's debut novel, Dirty Joke, which will be published in March 2027.

A fable, a family expose, a genderqueer New Jersey turnpike adventure story, and a reverse magic trick, Dirty Joke upends conventional tropes about chronic illness, survival, and legacy

The second release under sycamore's direction will be a mischief, award-winning author Jennifer Natalya Fink's new novel, forthcoming in September 2027.

A Mischief mingles Borscht Belt comedy with dark Brechtian absurdity to deliver a mythic cautionary tale exploring fame, obsession, and intergenerational trauma at the brink of our eco-crisis

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 7

It's that time of year again 💥

Yes, it's the rainbow dumpster, overflowing with trash already

Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore· Jun 6

Push the button, honey, push the button, we're ready for it 🌠