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All Things Connect
by Amy Wu Spanning twenty years of curiosity, connection, and care, All Things Connect chronicles Andrew and Ise’s shared life in an increasingly complicated world. Divided into two main acts, The Rite of Spring begins with their chance encounter at a dog park in 2005, through their life of environmental activism on scales both large and small. The Dance of Death follows, offering an exploration of intimate themes of personal loss and grief. All Things Connect is a story told predominantly through Andrew and Ise’s conversations, punctuated by familiar headlines: the 2008 recession, natural disasters, Brexit, the pandemic, etc. There… Read More
My Emotions and Me: A Graphic Novel to Help You Understand Your Feelings
by Cassy Lee I stumbled upon this beautiful comic book in a bookstore in Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Alley while traveling in Vietnam. A woman looking very free and happy soars across the cover with angelic wings and furry friends hang glide alongside her, promising to help me understand my feelings. As someone leaning deeply into the exploration of comics as graphic medicine in an MFA in Comics program, this book sang to me. Art-mella (or Armella Leung) lives and works in France and is on a search for meaning. She shares her learning of scientific, spiritual, and… Read More


