An Excerpt from ‘This One Summer’
Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s "This One Summer" is a Caldecott Honor (and multiple award-winning) graphic novel that follows two young friends over a vacation’s “tween wakening.” The book captures… More
A Wretch Like Me: Sad/Black/Ugly/Queer
Artist Ebin Lee takes a visual deep-dive into depression, body dysmorphia, and cultural invisibility in this piece presented by guest editor MariNaomi. More
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
A fictional comic book artist in Singapore creates a satirical comic about Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and the battle for freedom of expression. More
No Diplomacy
Illustrated PEN guest editor and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly on the plight of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, recipient of the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
The Wrong Side of History
Mike Dawson examines how we talk about gun control and how phrases like being on “the wrong side of history” are missing the point. More
Turning Japanese
Mari-san, why didn’t your mother teach you Japanese? That’s a question I’ve been asking for a long time. More
Operation Ajax
This week, an excerpt from the graphic novel Operation Ajax about the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that remade the Middle East. More
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