Cipri has previously worked as a stagehand, bookseller, bike mechanic at Divvy,[2] food columnist for a Chicago culture website, and as a labor organizer.
[3][4] Their partner is writer Nibedita Sen.[4] Cipri's career includes writing plays, poetry, and radio features, as well as performing as a dancer, actor, and puppeteer.
Cipri's short story "The Shape of My Name," described as "a heart-rending vision of the struggles of time travelers bound to a single house and family,"[5] was a finalist for the 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award and was reprinted in the Tachyon Publications anthology The New Voices of Science Fiction, edited by Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman.
[1] Cipri attributes the layered structure of their work to Charlie Kaufman’s screenwriting style, particularly in films like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
[1] Cipri views current social and environmental movements as major sources of inspiration and the primary reason for their dedication to speculative fiction as a genre, stressing the importance of imagination and working toward a better future.