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The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner

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indev_demo's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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moranguinhos's review

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adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

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arirose's review

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5.0

This was a really interesting look into the punk world, more specifically the afro punk world. My only understanding of punk is pretty superficial, so it was cool getting a better understanding along with kid James.

The art was nice too. I wasn't sold on it immediately but the style certainly grew on me.

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poenaestante's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the best graphics novels I've ever read. I used to know James Spooner back when he was running Afropunk here in NYC. I did not like him and found him to be a snobby gatekeeper. However, reading this book really endeared me to him. His story is sweet and heartbreaking and inspiring and I can tell this was a labor of love --- as is everything he has done!

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streberkatze's review

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

The narrative started out slow but really picked up speed in the second half of the book. In hindsight this developmeny perfectly matches the trajectory described in the book. The author does an amazing job weaving information about the punk scane, and especially POC in it, in the U. S. in the 1980s and 1990s into the account of his coming-of-age experience.

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