{"product_id":"book-j8a9","title":"Black, Queer, and Untold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I CAN’T TELL MY FUTURE, SO I WILL TELL MY PAST.\"—MA RAINEY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eGrowing up in Seale, Alabama as a creative Black Queer kid, Jon Key imagined himself as a professional artist and designer. But in lecture halls and critiques in art school, he struggled to see and learn about people who intersected with his identity—the stories and artifacts that reflected him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eJon started asking himself questions: \u003cem\u003eWhat did it mean to be a graphic designer with his point of view? What did it mean to be a Black graphic designer? A Queer graphic designer? Someone from the South? Could his identity be communicated through a poster or a book? How could identity be archived in a design canon that has consistently erased contributions by designers who were not white, straight, and male?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlack, Queer \u0026amp; Untold\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed designer and artist Jon Key delves into these questions and manifests a book he (and so many others) needed when they were coming up. \u003cem\u003eBlack, Queer \u0026amp; Untold\u003c\/em\u003e pays tribute to the incredible designers, artists, and people who came before. Jon offers these stories an enduring, reverential stage—and in doing so, gifts us a book that immediately takes its place among the creative arts canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49403761656112,"sku":"BDj8a9","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/671324-j8a9-Square.jpg?v=1735652094","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j8a9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}