Category: graphic memoir

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, Guantánamo Voices, kane lynch, Mansoor Adayfi, omar el akkad, sarah mirk

Humanity and Beauty Amidst Brutality

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As I read the selections in Sarah Mirk’s Guantánamo Voices, a lot of thoughts came to my mind. I knew about some of this, but I did not know about most the stuff that occurred and continues to occur at Guantánamo. I did not know a bout the bounty program that led to most of the individuals imprisonment far from their homes. I think … Read More Humanity and Beauty Amidst Brutality

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, Guantánamo Voices, islamophobia, Muslim, omar el akkad, sarah mirk

The Stoking of Fear

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Every so often I’ll abruptly awake, out of dead sleep, because something startled me. Typically it’s a sound, in the dead of night, with the dim light of night streaming into the room, casting shadows all around. I’ll bolt up, heart racing, fearing to move lest whatever woke me pounces as I stumble around blindly in the dark. I think about someone breaking into … Read More The Stoking of Fear

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+ american historical association, college, comics, graphic memoir, healthcare, mat johnson, mayim bialik, shane patrick doyle, ted closson

The Costs of Graduate School and Healthcare

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On January 20, Mat Johnson posted on Twitter about his insulin falling out of the refrigerator and his kid picking it up and placing it in the freezer, thus ruining it. Insurance would not replace the insulin, which costs $800, and Johnson pointed out that luckily he has enough to cover it. However, if he could not cover it, he may actually die, as … Read More The Costs of Graduate School and Healthcare

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+ dope with lime, frank yerby, graphic memoir, lillian e smith, rediscovering frank yerby

Year End Round Up: Part II

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It is that time of year again, the time of year when I reminisce about some of the things that I have written and done over the past year. Last post, I talked about writing essays for On the Stump and Bitter Root. I talked about learning some of the racist history of my hometown and the massacre that occurred in 1868. I talked … Read More Year End Round Up: Part II

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, guy delisle, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

The Construction of History in Guy Delisle’s “Jerusalem”

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“History is written by the victors.” Only a few weeks ago, this aphorism appeared on national television when Attorney General William Barr responded to a question from CBS’s Catherine Herridge about the dismissing of charges against Michael Flynn by asking, “When history looks back on this decision, how do you think it will be written?” Barr answered his own question with the following, “Well … Read More The Construction of History in Guy Delisle’s “Jerusalem”

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