I know you know who I am : stories /

"In the linked and tightly thematic stories of I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM, Kispert explores deception, performance, and the uneasiness of reconciling a queer identity with the wider world, with characters who try to navigate that dissonance by acting like another person for someone else. Througho...

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Main Author: Kispert, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, [2020]
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505 0 0 |g Part I:  |t I KNOW.  |t I know you know who I am --  |t Puncture --  |t River is to ocean as __ is to heart --  |t Human resources --  |t Aim for the heart --  |t Audition --  |t How to live your best life --  |g Part II:  |t YOU KNOW.  |t Please hold --  |t Be alive --  |t Breathing underwater --  |t Signs --  |t Rorschach --  |t Goldfish bowl --  |t Diving, drifting --  |g Part III:  |t WHO I AM.  |t Master's thesis --  |t Touch pool --  |t Clearwater --  |t Tourniquet --  |t In the palm of his hand --  |t Double edge --  |t Mooring. 
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700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t Puncture. 
700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t River is to ocean as--is to heart. 
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700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t Aim for the heart. 
700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t Audition. 
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700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t Please hold. 
700 1 2 |a Kispert, Peter.  |t Be alive. 
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