by Saily Marrero Content advisory: self-harm, the crisis Lifeline phone number in the U.S. and Canada is 988, in the U.K. it’s 999; and for elsewhere go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines. Christine Mari’s graphic memoir, Halfway There, grapples with her Japanese American identity. In the hopes of finding herself and perhaps an escape from being seen as half Japanese or half American, she goes to Tokyo, Japan to study Japanese, a language she’s lost over the years in living in the United States. However, this journey of self-discovery goes awry when she instead finds herself struggling with depression. Mari’s graphic memoir begins… Read More