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The Cruising Diaries: Expanded Edition

by Brontez Purnell

A queer coming-of-age memoir set in 2000s Oakland

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A queer coming-of-age memoir set in 2000s Oakland

Brontez Purnell’s memoir gathers sexual misadventures in Oakland during the 2000s, framing them as part of a queer coming-of-age story. The expanded edition pairs the episodes with full-color illustrations, adding a visual dimension to its account of the city’s sexual encounters and subcultures. Its subject matter is explicitly adult, and the material is presented as outrageous rather than as a conventional coming-of-age narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in queer memoir and coming-of-age narratives.
  • Readers curious about accounts of sexual subcultures in 2000s Oakland.
  • Those who appreciate memoirs accompanied by full-color illustrations.

Themes

Queer coming of ageSexuality and sexual subculturesOakland in the 2000sMemoir and illustration

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Book overview

The Cruising Diaries is a queer coming of age memoir that's not for the faint of heart.
Follow author and musician Brontez Purnell on a series of hilarious sexual misadventures through '00s Oakland. Outrageous tales of taco truck trysts and bathhouse Santas are accompanied by full-color illustrations in this glorious expanded edition.
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