Kayla asked Sarah Pinsker:

So, in A Song For A New Day, you say they have underground "rock" shows... but this story is punk as fuck. Was that your intention? There was such a great DIY punk vibe to this disturbingly timely story, and I did not expect such huge punk energy when I picked up this book. Bravo! Also related, do you have any music/performing or industry experience? This book felt so real.

Sarah Pinsker Hi Kayla, and thanks for these great questions! So yes, I've been in bands basically my entire life. I do a singer/songwriter thing and then my band plays the same songs louder and faster. I spent a long time touring, and I've played a lot of DIY venues, so this is definitely a love letter to punk spaces. In my experience, most of those spaces have a wide variety of music coming through, so even though the cover says "rock" I tried to capture that breadth. There's a hidden soundtrack in the chapter titles too...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mL...

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