The Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents a special conversation and double book release with authors James Spooner, Chris L. Terry, and John Malkin. Books will be available for purchase by the authors.

Black Punk Now (Soft Skull – October 31, 2023) by James Spooner and Chris L. Terry 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. With strong visual elements integrated throughout, this smart, intimate collection is demonstrative of punk by being punk itself: underground, rebellious, aesthetic but not static—working to decenter whiteness by prioritizing other perspectives.

Punk Revolution! – An Oral History of Punk Rock Politics and Activism (Rowman & Littlefield – June 15, 2023) by John Malkin is based on interviews with 200 international musicians, writers and activists exploring the ways that punk rock has taken on militarism, patriarchy, white supremacy, the police, settler colonialism, the climate crisis and more.  

To learn more about this event visit: https://ias.ucsc.edu/event/punk-rock-social-change-and-anti-racism-conversation-and-double-book-release/