{"title":"Graphic Novels","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781558618077-spit-and-passion","title":"Spit and Passion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpit and Passion\u003c\/em\u003e is about the transformative moment when music crashes into a stifling adolescent bedroom and saves you—suddenly, you belong. In this graphic memoir, cult illustrator Cristy C. Road brings \"to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker\" (\u003cem\u003eBitch\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt twelve years old, Cristy is trying to balance the values of a Cuban Catholic family with her newfound queer identity, and begins a chronic obsession with the punk band Green Day. In this stunning memoir, Road renders the clash between her rich inner world of fantasy and the numbing suburban conformity she is surrounded by. She finds solace in the closet—where she lets her deep excitement about punk rock foment and, in that angst and euphoria, finds a path to self-acceptance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cristy C. Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50546750423329,"sku":"9781558618077","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0890\/7089\/5393\/files\/9781558618077.jpg?v=1752203713"},{"product_id":"9781936932818-apsara-engine","title":"Apsara Engine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize for Graphic Novel\/Comics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Comics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Ferro-Grumley Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eight delightfully eerie stories in \u003cem\u003eApsara Engine\u003c\/em\u003e are a subtle intervention into everyday reality. A woman drowns herself in a past affair, a tourist chases another guest into an unforeseen past, and a nonbinary academic researches postcolonial cartography. Imagining diverse futures and rewriting old mythologies, these comics delve into strange architectures, fetishism, and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainted in rich, sepia-toned watercolors, \u003cem\u003eApsara Engine\u003c\/em\u003e is Bishakh Som's highly anticipated debut work of fiction. Showcasing a series of fraught, darkly humorous, and seemingly alien worlds—which ring all too familiar—Som captures the weight of twenty-first-century life as we hurl ourselves forward into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An astonishing collection of stories that expand and pulse into galaxy-sized moments of strangeness and wonder.\" —Kelly Link, author of \u003cem\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Som has created a collection of short stories that dance between genres and identities, moving from incisive descriptions of modern social realities to poetic ruminations on the future. This anthology by an up-and-coming comics superstar, which centers queer and trans South Asian narratives, is precisely what we need right now.” \u003cem\u003e—Them\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishakh Som","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50546764742945,"sku":"9781936932818","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0890\/7089\/5393\/files\/9781936932818.jpg?v=1752203728"}],"url":"https:\/\/feministpress.org\/collections\/graphic-novels.oembed","provider":"Feminist Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}