{"product_id":"fat-swim-fiction-hardcover","title":"Fat Swim: Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Copley Eisenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"stunning, at times shocking collection\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) of linked stories following a cast of characters navigating bodies, queerness, power, and sex--with radical results--from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHousemates\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"These interconnected stories blitzed my brain and gut. Prepare to be shaken.\"--Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026: \u003ci\u003e Playboy, Literary Hub, Debutiful, LGBTQ Reads, Electric Lit, SheReads\/The Stacks, Publishers Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a brash and stylish voice that implicates and confronts the reader, Emma Copley Eisenberg wades into the contradictions, joys, and violence of a modern world shaped by looking and watching, examining how our hungers can both hijack and crack open our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a young girl looks to a group of fat women at her local pool to teach her about her changing body. In \"Swiffer Girl,\" a woman agrees to try for a baby with her partner, only to suddenly find herself haunted by the viral sex video that made the rounds during high school--a video indelibly tied to her own sense of self. In other stories, an obscure fat makeup vlogger's strange friendship with a middle schooler forces her to reflect on her past life at a toxic beauty startup, a boomer retiree tries to understand her nonbinary child's gender and polyamory, and a trans librarian takes a job as assistant to a famous science fiction writer only to find himself screening hookups on his octogenarian employer's behalf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor better or for worse, these stories counsel, none of us can leave our bodies behind: they remind us what it is to be alive. As the characters in \u003ci\u003eFat Swim\u003c\/i\u003e dance into and out of each other's lives--and through and around Philadelphia--they seek connections and experiences that remind them of that fact, culminating in a reality-bending, tour de force finale, \"Camp Sensation.\" Eisenberg, whose fiction \"should be studied by every contemporary author as the finest departure from the fatphobic hellscape of fiction that exists\" (\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e), has a singular vision, and \u003ci\u003eFat Swim\u003c\/i\u003e is her most incisive and provocative work yet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Copley Eisenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of the novel \u003ci\u003eHousemates\u003c\/i\u003e, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize, as well as the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eThe Third Rainbow Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and Editor's Choice and a finalist for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award. Her fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eGranta, Esquire, VQR, The New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Cut, \u003c\/i\u003eand she writes the popular Substack \u003ci\u003eFrump Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Philadelphia, where she co-founded Blue Stoop, a community hub for the literary arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057363251501,"sku":"9780593242261","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fat-swim-fiction-hardcover-7005456.webp?v=1780168746","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fat-swim-fiction-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}