{"product_id":"ripcord-paperback","title":"Ripcord - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNate Lippens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about escape and connection, class, sex, and queer intimacy in the American Midwest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe oldest story: an insider pretends to be an outsider and receives praise for his empathy and imagination and intelligence. Maybe some asshole even says bravery. An outsider pretends to be an insider, is exposed as a fraud, a liar, and burned to the ground.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRipcord\u003c\/i\u003e, Nate Lippens continues his meditations on escape and connection, class, sex, and intimacy. Stuck in Milwaukee, the narrator cobbles together a living by bartending and catering weddings, enmeshed in a semiaffair with a younger, married man. Cruising apps while tallying his youthful romantic failures, he fantasizes about disappearance but finds both solace and frustration in his friendships with Charlie, an aging punk who was prominent in the 1990s Chicago queercore scene, and Greer, a painter who never broke through but continues making work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNate Lippens is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eMy Dead Book\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. His fiction has appeared in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eLittle Birds\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eResponses to Derek Jarman's Blue\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), and \u003ci\u003ePathetic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Eileen Myles (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773731897632,"sku":"9781635902167","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0d0a20aedbeff692e22d98980349fd6f_d2926bc4-7932-4f95-a867-bdb124098e76.webp?v=1780431467","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ripcord-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}