Esopus has been the subject of dedicated exhibitions at de Appel Art Center in Amsterdam (2016)[2] and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas (2017),[3] and Lippy's particular approach to the presentation of creative work in an unmediated format has been featured in numerous print and digital features[4][5][6] as well as interviews on NPR stations such as KCRW and WNYC.

He has been invited to participate in a number of panel discussions related to small-press and nonprofit publishing, including the 2009 conference of the American Library Association's Rare Books and Manuscripts Section at the University of Virginia in 2009[9] and the AIGA "Fresh Dialogue" speakers' series in 2007.

He has designed a number of books for Derek Eller Gallery, including Alyson Shotz (2014), Karl Wirsum: Mr. Whatzit (2017); and Jameson Green (2022), as well as the covers (with Rodrigo Corral) of Louis Menand's The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021) and Jason Bitner's Found Polaroids (Quack!Media, 2007).

Lippy also curated the exhibitions "Mark Hogancamp" (2006)[11] and "Don Bachardy: One-Day Stands" (2008; jointly organized with Matthew Higgs)[12] at White Columns in Manhattan; and "Mark Hogancamp: Women of Marwencol" (2014; co-curated with Janet Hicks)[13] and "Golden Years: Photographs by Ed Rosenbaum" (2016)[14] at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.

His subjects included photographer Tina Barney, designer Fernando Santangelo, MoMA archivist Michelle Elligott, film producer Alan Elliott, and podcaster/journalist Leon Neyfakh.

Its lead single, "Good Start", was selected by L.A. radio station KCRW as its "Today's Top Tune" on Monday, September 2, 2019.

Closer Than They Appear, an album featuring Lippy's covers of songs by musical acts including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Low, Lucinda Williams, and The Alan Parsons Project, was released on November 4, 2022.