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245	1	4	_aThe high desert : _ba memoir / _cJames Spooner.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2022], ©2022.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_a368 pages : _bchiefly illustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
500			_a"Black. Punk. Nowhere."--Cover.
520			_a"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." --Encore.
600	1	0	_aSpooner, James _xChildhood and youth _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aCartoonists _zUnited States _vBiography _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _zUnited States _vBiography _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _xRace identity _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aMusic and race _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aPunk rock music _xSocial aspects _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aPunk culture _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aRacism _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aNineteen nineties _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aCartoonists _vBiography.
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _vBiography.
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _xRace identity.
650		0	_aMusic and race.
650		0	_aPunk rock music _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aPunk culture.
650		0	_aRacism.
650		0	_aNineteen nineties.
650		0	_aComing of age.
655		7	_aAutobiographical comics. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aComing-of-age comics. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aNonfiction comics. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aComics (Graphic works) _2lcgft.
655		7	_aGraphic novels. _2lcgft.
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