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An astonishing, epic graphic memoir in the spirit of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together is that rarest of things: a book about coming out to a loving yet conservative family that is as heartrending to read as it is to look…
From child star to genre-defining icon, “Female Force: Sarah Michelle Gellar” charts the powerful rise of one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses. This 22-page comic book biography follows her journey from early roles in All My Children to worldwide fame in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, showcasing her versatility in cult classics like Cruel Intentions, Scooby-Doo,…
Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary works–from the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast. With Unless It Moves the Human Heart, the revered novelist, essayist, playwright, and respected writing teacher offers a guidebook for aspiring authors, a memoir, and…
“If there’s a more thoroughly brilliant and exciting new writer than Blake Butler . . . well, there just isn’t.” –Dennis Cooper From Blake Butler, one of the most challenging young writers of our time and the acclaimed author of the novel There Is No Year, comes a thrillingly wide-ranging and provocative book about insomnia–from…
From her father and mother’s interracial marriage to her own “you show me yours, I’ll show you mine” moments on the playground–from drug experimentation to sexual/identity questions–MariNaomi lays her inner life bare. Kiss & Tell is her funny and frank memoir in graphic form: a fresh and offbeat coming-of-age story unfolding against the colorful backdrop…
.”..a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us.”–
Winner of the Washington State Book Award for Memoir “Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching. . . . A must-read.”—Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl In this superb work of literary true crime–a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense–a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial…
In this gripping blend of reportage, memoir, and analysis, a journalist and daughter of one of the world’s most famous hostages, Terry Anderson, takes an intimate look at her father’s captivity during the Lebanese Hostage Crisis and the ensuing political firestorm on both her family and the United States–as well as the far-reaching implications of…
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice “A brilliant, honest, necessary book that exposes theintricacies of the human brain while showing us the way creativity andfriendship can anchor us. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever wonderedif they see the world a little differently.” -Ada Limón A New Yorker cartoonist illustrates his lifelongstruggle…
A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti–the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat. In this bold and striking graphic novel, artist Jibola Fagbamiye and writer Conor McCreery team up to tell the remarkable origin story of one of Nigeria’s most famous sons, the King of…
The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction. “Truthful, rueful and delightful.”–LA Times In Alison Bechdel’s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a work of sharp literary humor, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a…
In this beautifully illustrated graphic novel, now translated into English from Dutch, artist Ephameron chronicles her father’s losing battle with early-onset primary progressive aphasia (PPA)–a rare form of dementia that advanced slowly and left him unable to speak or to coordinate his thoughts and actions. A moving sequence of paper collage illustrations layered under text…
A collection of essays exploring how fiction, life-writing, and comics portray illness, medical treatment, and disability.
Culturally powerful ideas of normalcy and deviation, individual responsibility, and what is medically feasible shape the ways in which we live with illness and disability. The essays in this volume show how illness narratives expressed in a variety of forms–biographical essays, fictional texts, cartoons, graphic novels, and comics–reflect on and grapple with the fact that…
