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Tag: Memoir

November 15, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Every Rectangular Panel is One Little Moment: How Comics Helped Me Cope with Grief, a guest post by Will Betke-Brunswick

The themes of my graphic memoir A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings are art, memory, love, math, growing up, puzzles, gender, death, and family. These are all big life topics (except maybe puzzles) and the only way I can understand them is through specific moments.

September 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Books and Belonging: The Importance of Seeing Ourselves in Stories, a guest post by author Misty Wilson

Author MIsy Wilson discusses her graphic memoir Play Like a Girl and the power of story to remind us all that we belong

September 3, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Review: The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos

Publisher’s description: This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the […]

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