{"product_id":"bastards-semiotexte-native-agents","title":"Bastards (Semiotext(e) \/ Native Agents)","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBastards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecently released from a psychiatric ward, the narrator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBastards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e struggles to perform the role of a coherent, functioning person while questioning what identity means and what it means to be an aging working-class gay man. Haunted by loss, eviction, heartbreak, and memories of Rudy, he moves through a hostile world where survival means paying rent, making sense of grief, and finding reasons to keep going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a voice that is fragmented, funny, caustic, and deeply vulnerable, Nate Lippens draws on lyric essays, New Narrative, autofiction, and transgressive literature to create a form all his own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBastards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book of losses and survival, queer pessimism and hard-won honesty, and the strange measures by which a life is judged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNate Lippens is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Dead Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRipcord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBastards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and co-wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBox Office Poison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with Matthew Kinlin. His fiction has appeared in anthologies including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePathetic Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSluts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and his essays and short fiction have been published by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtforum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrieze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Whitney Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He lives in Wisconsin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSemiotext(e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 29, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLGBTQ+ · Literary Fiction · Gay Fiction · Autofiction · Experimental Fiction · Working-Class Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781635902860\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677572956342,"sku":"9781635902860","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781635902860.jpg?v=1792422525","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/bastards-semiotexte-native-agents","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}