{"product_id":"greasepaint-paperback","title":"Greasepaint - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Levene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNylon's Most Anticipated Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against a backdrop of 1950s New York, this experimental novel follows an ensemble cast of all-singing, all-dancing butch dykes and Yiddish anarchists through eternal Friday nights, around the table, and at the bar. \u003c\/b\u003eIn one of many bars, Frankie Gold sings while Sammy Silver plays piano after a day job at the anarchist newspaper. The Butch Piano Players Union meets in the corner next to the jukebox. Laur smokes on the back steps, sweaty thigh to thigh with Vic. Frankie's childhood sweetheart, Lily, turns up at yet another bar to see a second Sammy play every Friday night. And before all that, there's always dinner at Marg's. Fabulated out of oral histories, anthologies, as well as the fiction of the butch-femme bar scene and Yiddish anarchist tradition, \u003ci\u003eGreasepaint\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking whirlwind of music and politics--the currents of community embodied and held inside the bar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Levene\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Norfolk, UK. Recent poems have been published by \u003ci\u003e-algia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpam\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlackbox Manifold\u003c\/i\u003e, amongst others. Her poetry pamphlet \u003ci\u003eBoneless Ribs\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2018 with Lost Alphabet. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Roehampton University focusing on the composition of new butch literature. \u003ci\u003eGreasepaint\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154707091591,"sku":"9781643622132","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/40b2cffcd3369f45eb2bdf4c2184c1ca.webp?v=1733230267","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/greasepaint-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}