{"product_id":"skye-papers-jamika-ajalon-9781952177965","title":"Skye Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwentysomething and restless, Skye flits between cities and stagnant relationships until she meets Scottie, a disarming and disheveled British traveler, and Pieces, an enigmatic artist living in New York. The three recognize each other as kindred spirits--Black, punk, whimsical, revolutionary--and fall in together, leading Skye on an unlikely adventure across the Atlantic. They live a glorious, subterranean existence in 1990s London: making multimedia art, throwing drug-fueled parties, and eking out a living by busking in Tube stations, until their existence is jeopardized by the rise of CCTV and policing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn fluid and unrelenting prose, Jamika Ajalon's debut novel explores youth, poetry, and what it means to come terms with queerness. \u003cem\u003eSkye Papers\u003c\/em\u003e is an imaginative, episodic group portrait of a transatlantic art scene spearheaded by people of color--and of the fraught, dystopian reality of increasing state surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamika Ajalon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952177960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952177965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amethyst Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021","brand":"Jamika Ajalon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050704728319,"sku":"9781952177965","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6d4987f-b63b-4720-a0a2-ae6cac40e491.jpg?v=1685008768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skye-papers-jamika-ajalon-9781952177965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}