The high desert, James Spooner
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The high desert, James Spooner
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The high desert
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
1256806094
Responsibility statement
James Spooner
Summary
"Scene: 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 few Black kids here seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of microaggressors to future neo-Nazis. Mixed-race and 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, and 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 and a friend must prove himself to his white-supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. And 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 New York's thriving DIY scene, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist." -- jacket flap
resource.variantTitle
High desert, black. punk. nowhere, a memoirHigh desert, black. punk. nowhereThe high desert, a memoir, black, punk, nowhere
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- Autobiographical comics
- Graphic novels
- Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists
- California + Apple Valley
- Coming of age
- Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Music and race
- Punk culture
- Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racially mixed people + Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Autobiographies
- Racism
- Racially mixed people
- Nineteen nineties
- Nonfiction comics
- United States
- Coming-of-age comics
- Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Punk rock music + Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racially mixed people + Race identity
- Nineteen eighties -- Comic books, strips, etc
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- Autobiographical comics
- Graphic novels
- Punk culture -- California -- Apple Valley -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Spooner, James -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists
- California + Apple Valley
- Coming of age
- Coming of age -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Music and race
- Punk culture
- Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racially mixed people + Race identity -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Autobiographies
- Racism
- Racially mixed people
- Nineteen nineties
- Nonfiction comics
- United States
- Coming-of-age comics
- Music and race -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Punk rock music + Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racially mixed people + Race identity
- Nineteen eighties -- Comic books, strips, etc
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- Artist1
- Author1
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