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Artful

The incomparable Ali Smith melds the tale and the essay into a magical hybrid form, a song of praise to the power of stories in our lives

In February 2012, the novelist Ali Smith delivered the Weidenfe…

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It Won't Always Be Like This

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country--from the award-winning…

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The Contradictions

The Eisner Award–winning story about a student figuring out radical politics in a messy world.

Sophie is young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no fir…

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49 Days

Day 1

Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’s that…?

And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must trav…

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Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir

An astonishing, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women, exploring love, grief, exile, and identity.

In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the …

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Year of the Rabbit

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Self-Esteem and the End of the World

“Who is Luke Healy?” An absurdist dramedy about self-esteem in the wake of a climate destruction

Life is not a race. There are no winners and losers. Immeasurable people are doing better than you…immea…

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Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir

For fans of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , an unputdownable debut graphic The what-fresh-hell story of two whirlwind months in the life of the author, when she suddenly has to care for…

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This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

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Ruins

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The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Man, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito: a Graphic Memoir

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Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison

An anthology of illustrated narratives about the prison and the lives it changed forever

In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guan…

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Weirdo

From rising star Tony Weaver, Jr. comes a middle-grade graphic novel memoir about an awkward preteen who loves all things geeky but struggles with mental health issues and self-doubt, perfect for fans…

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