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Spooner, James.
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Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Spooner, James.
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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The high desert / [James Spooner].
by
Spooner, James.
Harper, 2022.
Call #:
741
.5973
S764h
Subjects
Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- United States.
Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Nineteen nineties -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9780358659112 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Black. Punk. Nowhere. A memoir"--cover.
Summary:
"A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man's immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk. Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining -- new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders -- skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country. A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town... Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist."--From publisher.
Genre:
Graphic non-fiction.
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