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Graphic Narrative

By: Ronald Wimberly | November 3, 2016

Is the request to take down the tone of a character’s skin color ever unbiased? What does it mean to be a Black artist speaking his truth to power? More

Free Expression Daily Digest: Friday, October 14

BlogOctober 14, 2016

Anti-Russia blogger stands trial in Belarus, and more. More

Missing from the Shelf: Book Challenges and Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature

Report

A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined with a lack of diversity in Children's and Young Adult (CYA) book publishing, narrows… More

A ‘Graphic’ Graphic Novel: Meg Lemke on ‘This One Summer’

Essay

By: Meg Lemke | September 9, 2016

More from Mutha Magazine Editor-in-Chief Meg Lemke, on "This One Summer", an award-winning graphic novel by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki that immerses readers in two adolescent girls' conflicting desires… More

Press freedom threats in the US prompt writers to sign petition

By: Roy Greenslade | July 19, 2016

Press freedom is essential to democracy. You cannot have one without the other. That is a statement of fact, not a boast. It follows that the activity specifically created… More

Free Expression Digest: Tues., July 5

News DigestJuly 5, 2016

China cracks down on social media based news reports, another SABC journalist is charged for protesting, Maldives courter order threatens closure of media group More

Sepideh Jodeyri | Status: Displaced/In Exile | Iran

Sepideh Jodeyri is an Iranian poet who translated the French graphic novel Blue is The Warmest Color by Julie Maroh into Persian. Jodeyri’s translation of the novel, which tells… More