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24 | POP CULTURE NEW THIS SEASON ALSO AVAILABLE ISBN: 978-0-7643-6387-0 Size: 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) Pages: 256 Price: $45.00 Illustrations: 727 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: ART / Graffiti & Street Art AVAILABLE JUNE CAVS, Just a Vandal from the Bronx New York City Graffiti, 1980s–2010s Paul Cavalieri Decades of CAVS’s prolific, iconic graffiti in hundreds of photos and stories from CAVS himself For graffiti enthusiasts, historians, and anyone interested in the New York City scene from the ’80s on Insider memories and insights from the time, mentioning many other influential NYC writers CAVS (Paul Cavalieri), a prolific and influential Bronx graffiti writer for nearly 40 years, shares hundreds of photos of his work, his progression as an artist, and stories of the New York City graffiti scene through the decades in one colorful volume. From the Wakefield neighborhood in the northern borough of the Bronx, CAVS tells his own story in his own singular voice. With a chapter examining each, he reminisces and documents his family and background, his beginnings in the Bronx, and his work on walls, subways, freight trains, and trucks. He covers dodging cops, working with other writers, and being one of the East Coast pioneers of freight train writing in the mid- to late 80s, bringing the reader into that specific time and place now so changed. While CAVS has changed, too, now painting only with permission, he’s still a vandal at heart. About the Author Paul Cavalieri grew up in New York City and began graffiti writing at a young age. Now a retired graffiti writer, Paul also worked for a prestigious law firm in Manhattan as a records analyst. Author Location: Bronx, NY FROM THE PLATFORM 2 978-0-7643-5290-4 208 pp. | 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) | HC $34.99 US / £31.99 GBP / $48.99 CAD FROM THE PLATFORM: SUBWAY GRAFFITI, 1983-1989 978-0-7643-3723-9 176 pp. | 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) | HC $34.99 US / £31.99 GBP / $48.99 CAD ISBN 978-0-7643-6387-0