Ripcord -- Nate Lippens, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction Can it lie and if

Can it lie and if so

Twilight Garden 20 Postcards are ideally priced and perfectly sized

but few have to face in real life

And hopefully ride a broom without crashing

but a man with shadows in his eyes and demons haunting him

Ripcord -- Nate Lippens, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction Can it lie and ifA novel about escape and connection, class, sex, and queer intimacy in the American Midwest. The 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. In Ripcord, Nate Lippens continues his meditations on escape and connection, class, sex, and intimacy.