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Spit and Passion 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"" (Bitch). At 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.

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Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami. -- Entertainment Weekly Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. Cuban-American and raised in a traditional Catholic family, the preteen Road has a number of identity issues: she does not fit into her cultural mold, she finds salvation in punk rock, and she has a conflicted gender identity. Embracing her tomboy nature, Road begins to come to terms with herself as a gay woman, building a closet for her secret that becomes her refuge. Road's identification with her teenage self feels genuine, and her recollections of pop culture (both embraced and rejected) of the 1990s will strike nostalgic chords in readers of that generation. Road balances long sections of prose with pages dominated by art; her pencil and marker style, with images populated by strange and imperfect-looking characters, is well suited to her story, even if the ending doesn't entirely solve her identity issues. Grotesque images of dangling eyeballs and gushing brains reflect the alternative scene the young Road has discovered. Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel's Fun Home will probably empathize with Road's story of sexual exploration and punk rock. -- Publishers Weekly I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit & Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. --Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger

<br><br> I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit & Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar.<br> --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home <br><br> Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. --Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger <br>

Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami. --Entertainment Weekly Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. . . .Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel's Fun Home will probably empathize with Road's story of sexual exploration and punk rock. --Publishers Weekly Road's writing has long brought to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker. --Bitch magazine True to Road's punk nature, she fills the page with raw words and drawings that illustrate the wide range of her emotions--from rage to despair. --Daily News (New York) Spit and Passion is a queer, punk Cuban American's coming-of-age memoir that's as brilliant as it is brave. Not to be missed. --Junot Diaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit and Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Cristy C. Road is a bad ass. She has a list of published work that leaves me awed and inspired. --Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. --Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami. Entertainment Weekly Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. . . .Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel s Fun Home will probably empathize with Road s story of sexual exploration and punk rock. Publishers Weekly Road's writing has long brought to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker. Bitch magazine True to Road's punk nature, she fills the page with raw words and drawings that illustrate the wide range of her emotionsfrom rage to despair. Daily News (New York) Spit and Passion is a queer, punk Cuban American s coming-of-age memoir that s as brilliant as it is brave. Not to be missed. Junot Diaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit and Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Cristy C. Road is a bad ass. She has a list of published work that leaves me awed and inspired. Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit & Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. --Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger

Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami. -- Entertainment Weekly <br><br> Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. Cuban-American and raised in a traditional Catholic family, the preteen Road has a number of identity issues: she does not fit into her cultural mold, she finds salvation in punk rock, and she has a conflicted gender identity. Embracing her tomboy nature, Road begins to come to terms with herself as a gay woman, building a closet for her secret that becomes her refuge. Road's identification with her teenage self feels genuine, and her recollections of pop culture (both embraced and rejected) of the 1990s will strike nostalgic chords in readers of that generation. Road balances long sections of prose with pages dominated by art; her pencil and marker style, with images populated by strange and imperfect-looking characters, is well suited to her story, even if the ending doesn't entirely solve her identity issues. Grotesque images of dangling eyeballs and gushing brains reflect the alternative scene the young Road has discovered. Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel's Fun Home will probably empathize with Road's story of sexual exploration and punk rock. -- Publishers Weekly <br><br> I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit & Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar.<br> --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home <br><br> Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator. --Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger <br>

“Road, an artist and writer, borrowed her nom de plum from a Green Day song title, which gives you some idea of the punky, exuberant spirit behind her graphic memoir about growing up gay in a very Catholic Cuban family from Miami.” —Entertainment Weekly ""Veteran punk writer and illustrator Road weaves text and art together in a charming and angst-ridden coming-of-age story. . . .Readers who enjoyed Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home will probably empathize with Road’s story of sexual exploration and punk rock."" —Publishers Weekly ""Road's writing has long brought to vivid life the experiences of a queer-identified Latina punk rocker."" —Bitch magazine ""True to Road's punk nature, she fills the page with raw words and drawings that illustrate the wide range of her emotions—from rage to despair."" —Daily News (New York) “Spit and Passion is a queer, punk Cuban American’s coming-of-age memoir that’s as brilliant as it is brave. Not to be missed.” —Junot Díaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ""I'm a big Cristy C. Roads fan. Spit and Passion is a graphic delight, and the depiction of awkward youth is spot-on, weird, and familiar. —Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home ""Cristy C. Road is a bad ass. She has a list of published work that leaves me awed and inspired."" —Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day ""Cristy C. Road is the Jack Kerouac of the young queer generation. She's as brilliant a writer as she is an illustrator.""—Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger

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Cristy C. Roadhas reached cult status for work that captures the beauty of the imperfect. Her career began withGreenzine, a punk rock zine, which she made for ten years. She has since publishedIndestructible, an illustrated novel about high school;Distance Makes the Heart Grow Sick, a postcard book; andBad Habits, a love story about self-destruction and healing. She has also illustrated countless album covers, book jackets, and political organization propaganda. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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