{"product_id":"where-can-i-take-you-when-theres-nowhere-to-go-9781960145024","title":"Where Can I Take You When There's Nowhere to Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Joe Baumann's newest collection \u003ci\u003eWhere Can I Take You When There's Nowhere To Go\u003c\/i\u003e, queer men explore their sense of who they are and what they want, often in worlds that are tilted askew from what we might expect.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirteen surreal short stories utilize the strange and the bizarre as a backdrop for explorations of loneliness, queer coming-of-age, self-discovery, and loss. In \"We Adore These Bodies Until They Are Gone,\" people evaporate when suffering isolation and directionless; in \"Happy Birthdays,\" characters transform into different ages when they consume particular kinds of cake; and in the titular story, a pair of lonely teenagers come together at a party after one of them gifts the other with a small cloud he has spun out of his own hands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaumann's tender vignettes of love, anger, grief, and desire are a stunning ode to the places and people that can give us solace within an absurd and chaotic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Baumann is the author of three collections of short fiction: \u003ci\u003eSing With Me at the Edge of Paradise, The Plagues, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Hot Lips\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThird Coast, Passages North, Phantom Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He was a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow in Fiction. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003e I Know You're Out There Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Deep Hearts YA. He can be reached at joebaumann.wordpress.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Boa Editions Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526001987858,"sku":"9781960145024","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec91a19b-7eb4-4483-bc5c-7dceb1e51263.jpg?v=1731254345","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-can-i-take-you-when-theres-nowhere-to-go-9781960145024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}