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James Spooner

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The United States

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https://www.spoonersnofun.com/

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Graphic Novels, Memoir, Music

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July 2019

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James Spooner is an award winning graphic novelist, filmmaker and tattoo artist. His debut graphic novel, The High Desert was named “Best of 2022” by Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post and The New York Public Library. The High Desert is the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award and the Cartoonist Studio Prize.

Spooner co-edited an anthology of Black punk writers and comic creators entitled, Black Punk Now. Available now, the book was named in the top 10 Music Books of 2023 by Pitchfork and received a Kirkus star. Pantheon has recently acquired his forthcoming second memoir, set for publication in 2025. He was recently commissioned to adapt a story by the Scottish Book Trust and is regular contributor to Razor ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 2,048 ratings · 374 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The High Desert 4.40 avg rating — 1,590 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Punk Now by James Spooner (Goodreads Author), Chris L. Terry (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race by Stephen Duncombe (Editor), Maxwell Tremblay (Editor), James Spooner (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.71 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An Afropunk Ending it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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James Spooner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book attributed to wrong James Spooner topic " hi. The book IT Starts with anger https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... is attributed to the wrong James Spooner. (there are two different men) It s ...more "
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