The Cruising Diaries: Expanded Edition - Paperback

Purnell, Brontez: - Brontez Purnell is a writer, musician, dancer, filmmaker, and performance artist. He is the author of a graphic novel, a novella, a children's book, and the novel Since I Laid My Burden Down. Recipient of a 2018 Whiting Award for Fiction, he was named one of the 32 Black Male Writers for Our Time by The New York Times Style Magazine in 2018. Purnell is also the frontman for the band the Younger Lovers, the co-founder of the experimental dance group the Brontez Purnell Dance Company, the creator of the renowned cult zine Fag School, and the director of several short films and music videos.Hessig, Janelle: - Janelle Hessig is a Bay Area writer, cartoonist, and humorist, best known for her contributions to small press and punk communities. Janelle's Tales of Blarg helped define east bay punk fanzines in the '90s and beyond. Cartoonist, animator, writer, riot grrrl muse, and one-woman laff factory, Janelle's work can be found in subversive materials hidden under your mattress or scotch taped to your shitty teenage bedroom wall. She's been a touring drummer, journalist, and the marketing director for Last Gasp. Her work has appeared on punk flyers and record covers since the beginning of time.