{"product_id":"rainbow-rainbow-stories-9781646221776","title":"Rainbow Rainbow: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that's not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, \u003ci\u003eRainbow Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Conklin\u003c\/b\u003e has received a Stegner Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award, three Pushcart Prizes, a Creative Writing Fulbright in Poland, a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation, scholarships from Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Emory, MacDowell, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, Djerassi, and elsewhere. Their fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. They've drawn comics for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLenny Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. They are currently the Zell Visiting Professor of Fiction at the University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617240650002,"sku":"9781646221776","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e83b2eb0-0a9c-4647-ba55-31152702718c.jpg?v=1732514173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rainbow-rainbow-stories-9781646221776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}