On Beginnings (Extended) Featuring Amy Gall
To extend my post, On Beginnings, an extra special treat. I’ve asked acclaimed lesbian book and independent film critic, Amy Gall, to pick three of the literary openings that inspire her most: to...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Sex
A wise professor once told me that, in writing, a dangerous place is a good place to be. “When you start feeling scared,” she said, “keep going—because that’s when you’re really in it, that’s when...
View ArticleSunday Syndicate: Ellen Forney’s “Marbles” and Mental Illness in Comics
I’ve been trying to see if there’s some way to approach Ellen Forney’s “graphic memoir” Marbles without addressing my own history with mental illness. It’s impossible, or else I didn’t spend enough...
View ArticleSunday Syndicate (Kinda): “Managing My Finances. I Need Meds & Whiskey”
I am sitting in for Sunday Syndicate while our Comics Editor, Charline Tetiyevsky, is in San Francisco, probably eating ice cream, sunbathing, and missing you all. Given that my graphic novel/comics...
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