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

9 reviews

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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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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jazjoyner91's review

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dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

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thepermageek's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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chlorentine's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I was a teenager when I heard about the Afro-Punk festival through a friend who was knowledgable about the Atlanta art scene, and I remember having a mental fixation with it that went nowhere. Reading this book feels like putting a name to a face.
The blurb by Ian McKaye says it all... I feel like I was there. The Nazi youth in small town SoCal alternate between uneasy ceasefires and wanton violence against the Black kids/people of color. It really put into perspective how fucking dangerous it is to be a kid.
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belovedsnail's review

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Amazing graphic novel and memoir
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witchythey's review

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4.5

a deep dive into the author's relationship with race and the punk scene. james spooner offers a ton of information about getting involved in punk and its deep and radical history. he also talks in depth about anti-black racism within the scene and his experiences with racism as a teenager. 
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