During the last twenty years, Lipsyte actively pursued his career path as a fiction writer, publishing books for adults as well as writing scripts for television and movies. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Marjorie, and their two children. The Lipsyte collection holds typescripts, galleys, proofs, unbound blues, as well as folded and gathered sheets. Most of these materials bear the editing marks of the author, copy editor, and typesetter. They illustrate the tedious publishing process and the various stages through which a manuscript progresses before coming to print.
Sports serves as a historical guide of American athletics and runs the gamut of topics.
Lipsyte chronicles the emergence of female athletes, the Black Power protests in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and provides portraits of sports figures such as Joe Namath, Muhammud Ali, and baseball manager Casey Stengel. This collection of materials includes an edited typescript, the master galley, unbound blues and unbound folded and gathered sheets. All include the author's, editor's, and typesetter's marks. As a side effect of his chemotherapy, an experimental drug gives Fred incredible strength and sensory perception for short periods of time, enabling him to accomplish herculean tasks. Ultimately, Fred's cancer retreats into remission.