{"product_id":"hello-stranger-musings-on-modern-intimacies-signed-copy","title":"Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies (Signed Copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty and winkingly playful, Manuel Betancourt’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHello Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores modern queer romance and the expansive possibilities of ephemeral intimacies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Hello stranger.” As an opening line, you really can’t ask for better.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHello Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book about chance encounters—at a bar, through social media, in a bathhouse—and what a stranger can reveal about who we are and who we could still yet be. A stranger, after all, is a site of endless possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Manuel Betancourt looks back on his past relationships, he turns to characters and narratives that helped him question notions of what monogamy and coupledom (and relationships and marriage) can and should look like. From films like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Sunrise\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCruising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the poetry of Frank O’Hara and the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, Betancourt uses pop culture to make sense of the alluring prospect of forging intimacies with strangers—even, or especially, the strangers within ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once a personal excavation and a broad cultural critique, Betancourt grapples with everything from online sexting and real-life cruising to divorces and throuples.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHello Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexamines the intimacies we crave, value, and oftentimes destroy with rote familiarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatapult (January 14, 2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1646222296\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1646222292\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.25 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.34 x 0.9 x 9.32 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHello Stranger was our February 2025 Non-Fiction BOOK CLUB PICK!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e","brand":"Manuel Betancourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67515810480346,"sku":"xse1791584138501","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2591\/2282\/files\/hello-stranger-musings-on-modern-intimacies-signed-copy_1.jpg?v=1791584144","url":"https:\/\/deadstockfabricwear.shop\/products\/hello-stranger-musings-on-modern-intimacies-signed-copy","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}