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Ephemera: A Memoir

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by Tenli Yavneh   In Briana Loewinsohn’s graphic memoir Ephemera, we are drawn into the emotional world of a woman searching backward in time for memories of her mother, who died when the author was a child. The mother was mostly absent during Loewinsohn’s childhood due to mental health issues, eventually dying of a related cause, probably suicide, though the author does not state that explicitly. Loewinsohn was quite young when the events of the book took place, and her adult desire to make sense of her memories is portrayed in bookended sections around the core of her childhood story,… Read More

Why Don’t you Love Me?

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By Prof. Annemarie Jutel Parallel realities are a narrative trope of our time.  Confusion about who and where we are features prominently in many forms of storytelling.  From Bones and All (Guadagnino, 2022) to Acting Class (Drnaso, 2022) and The Book of Niall (Jones, 2022), the idea that there might be alternate threads of reality, to which we have intermittent or elective access, and which run alongside the one in which we are situated, is a common story telling device. Why Don’t You Love Me? by Paul Rainey–a compilation of strips created over many years and released on social media… Read More

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

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Content Warning: Depression, sex, self-hatred, eating disorders, self-harm, trichotillomania, sex work (escort service), suicidal thoughts, mental health   Book Review by Soph Myers-Kelley Kabi Nagata creates a beautiful world of simple, soft drawings with beautiful shades of pinks, white, and black. The imagery draws you in and make you connect with the cute depiction she’s made of her likeness, as well as her experience. This book is recommended for teens older than 16. Welcome to the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness of a 28-year-old who’s never had sex, never had a career, and is in the deep nasty pits of… Read More

Medical Mentions Book Review VI

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Medical Mentions is a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More