{"product_id":"ponk-9781643622439","title":"Ponk!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA punk rock anti-memoir told through the eyes of a biracial Afrolatino punk academic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e P?NK! \u003c\/i\u003efollows Moose, an alienated academic and lead guitarist for Pipebomb!, as he navigates through spaces in and out of South East Los Angeles: punk clubs, college classrooms, family gatherings, street protests, and euphoric backyard shows. \u003cp\u003eOscillating between autofiction, memoir, and lyric, Clayton blurs genres while articulating the layered effects of racism, trauma, immigration, policing, Black hair, performance, and toxic academic language to uncover how one truly becomes an \"ally.\" Borrowing from the spatial lyricism of Claudia Rankine, the genre-bending storytelling of Alexander Chee, and the racial musings of James Baldwin, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e P?NK!\u003c\/i\u003e's narrative takes back punk rock and finds safe space in the mosh pit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus Clayton is a multigenre Afrolatino writer from South Gate, CA, with an M.F.A. in Poetry from CSU Long Beach. Currently, he pursues a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California, focusing on intersections between Latinx literature, Black literature, Decolonization, and Punk Rock. Through Glass Poetry Press, he has a poetry chapbook, \u003ci\u003eNurture the Open Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e. Current and forthcoming publications include \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApogee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePassages North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Punk Now!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Punk Rock\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184755212562,"sku":"9781643622439","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cedda181-8726-4313-90bf-d2c4e2d4ca3b.jpg?v=1744572292","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ponk-9781643622439","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}