Introducing,
K.C. Phipps.
With unflinching candor, Phipps’s debut memoir submerges into the black-hole at the center of the human self — a bottomless No-Man’s Land that is harrowing to plummet into, but also, at times, awe-striking with spirit.
All rise for: Identity Church.
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Identity Church is the true account of being possessed by a shadow…
…one planted in the mind during childhood, back in an Appalachian town steeped in Evangelical super faith.
While the events are firmly rooted in the 'real' world — such as at a summer camp that prepares children for the end of the world, or in a psychiatric hospital listening to patients channel God through VCRs, or isolating in the Vermont wilderness to perform a self-exorcism — most of this story takes place in the dissolving landscape of Phipps's sanity.
The book explores themes of mental health, generational trauma, identity, and the divine. Though the subject matter is often bleak, Phipps’s tone is steadily humorous without being flippant; reverent without being righteous. It handles taboo subject matter with careful deftness, vulnerable honesty, and, above all else, humanity.
This book adheres to the exceptional publishing standards of Corsair Press.
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This book is made to look good on a nightstand, not on a pop-up ad. No pull-quotes or badges polluting the cover. No trendy ‘color explosions’ or enlarged titles catered to online marketplaces. Just space for the content to breathe on its own.
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54 high-quality photos from the author that are matched with the content and paced evenly to keep the reader engaged.
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Text that seems to mimic the mindstate of the author as the story traverses through various realms of mental stress.
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Content advisories for scenes that may be stressful, detailed footnotes for the curious, and a bibliography for the fact-checkers. There are also numerous QR codes that the reader can scan with their smartphone, instantly opening up relevant videos, websites, further reading, and even music.
“This memoir is phenomenal. […] Identity Church is incredibly personal, raw, and so well written. I'm a bookseller and we carry this book, and I may never have picked it up, but a customer came in asking for a copy, saying they'd heard the author speak and that they were brilliant. I opened the book to a random page, read a few paragraphs, and was hooked. I couldn't put it down.”
— ★★★★★ Goodreads review
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