Fagan Kuhnmuench carved more than 50 woodblock and linoleum prints by hand for his debut novel, and he wants you to know not a single line of it came from a machine. “Absolutely no AI slop,” the author wrote in an email pitching the book, “Blowing Up Bushwick: A Novel and Manual,” which he said is being printed this week.

Kuhnmuench, who introduced himself as a one-time Rolling Stone contributor, describes the book as a “punk rock illuminated manuscript” rather than a graphic novel: a printed text threaded with handmade illustrations he cut himself. He is circulating it to writers and outlets, offering copies for review and interviews.

The story spans two Brooklyns. It follows Miguel Martinez, who according to Kuhnmuench’s description fled political violence in Mexico for the street violence of 1977 Brooklyn, and finds friendship in the crumbling landscape and the city’s then-new punk scene. Kuhnmuench writes that those bonds are “boisterous, self-effacing, at times criminal, but always built upon loyalty and the code of the street.”