![]() ![]() It fluctuates between first person and third person, the present and the past, prose and poetry, and reads like a series of 4 a.m. On February 2, Purnell is releasing his first book with a major publisher, the MCD x FSG Originals imprint: 100 Boyfriends, a novel composed of vignettes on love, sex, and Purnell’s love of love and sex. ![]() “Black queer men that have been riding around on a bike in the California sunshine for almost 20 goddamned years.” “I literally represent the 0.0001 percent,” says the artist, who grew up in Alabama. But most people in Purnell’s world know him as Oakland’s daddy - something of a watchful protector over the gentrifying city, attuned to (but never too involved in) the affairs of the small scene. You might have watched his art-house soft-core porn film 100 Boyfriends Mixtape or seen him perform contemporary dance. ![]() If you follow queer zine culture, you probably have at least a few copies of Purnell’s zine Fag School, which he’s been writing since the early aughts, or read one of the books he’s put out with small publishers. ![]() If you grew up in the recent Oakland punk scene, you’ve probably seen him play a show with his garage rock band the Younger Lovers. Brontez Purnell, at 38 years old, is already something of a Bay Area legend. ![]()
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