Exquisite Corpse presented by Slice Literary & PEN America
Watch: Q&A with Marisa Marchetto
Graphic novelist and The New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Marchetto discusses how coming face to face with Death refocused her life. Here, she speaks with PEN DIY host Angela Ledgerwood,… More
Watch: PEN DIY with Marisa Marchetto
Graphic novelist, activist, and The New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Marchetto talks about her life in fashion and offers guidelines for what to do, and wear, when death comes knocking. More
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