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Author
Series
Neal Carey mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Given the choice of continuing his education at Columbia or returning to life on the streets of New York, Neal Carey goes underground in London to find a prominent politician's runaway daughter.
3) Nevada
Author
Publisher
Topside Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"With a partially-shaved head, purple Doc Marten boots, and the sinking realization that no one in a fifty-mile radius has ever heard of her favorite all-female punk band Lite Brite, 13-year-old Sydney Vicious Talcott wants to be anywhere but her new home of Beaver Dam, NC, especially when mean girl Brittany Winters treats her like the punch-line to every joke. But just as life begins to seem more tolerable with her two new book-nerd friends and a...
Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Under the Big Black Sun explores the nascent Los Angeles punk rock movement and its evolution to hardcore punk as it's never been told before. Authors John Doe and Tom DeSavia have woven together an enthralling story of the legendary west coast scene from 1977-1982 by enlisting the voices of people who were there. The book shares chapter-length tales from the authors along with personal essays from famous (and infamous) players in the scene.
Author
Series
Complete Love and Rockets volume 24
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Black Punk Now is an anthology of contemporary nonfiction, fiction, illustrations, and comics that collectively describe punk today and give punks-especially the Black ones-a wider frame of reference. It shows all of the strains, styles, and identities of Black punk that are thriving, and gives newcomers to the scene more chances to see themselves"--
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sasha taqwšeblu LaPointe, a Coast Salish indigenous woman, has always longed for a sense of home. As a child her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha. As an adolescent determined to escape the poverty and abuse of her childhood in order to build a better future for herself and her people, Sasha throws herself headlong into the world, with little more to guide...
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A cut & paste celebration of Black punk and outsider identity, this is the only complete collection of the fanzine Shotgun Seamstress, a legendary DIY project that centered the scope of Blackness outside of mainstream corporate consumerist identity"--
Author
Series
Love and rockets volume 5
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A fifth volume of "Locas" stories follows Esperanza in her ex-punkette life as a schoolteacher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Collects the first five years of Locas stories, about Maggie and Hopey and the ups and downs of their lives and relationships. Includes "Mechan-X," the first Maggie and Hopey story, as well as the graphic novel "Las Mujeres Perdidas.".
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