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Tag Archives: The Nameless City
And the Winner Is
What a thrill! Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid (2019) recently won the prestigious 2019 Newbery Medal for the year’s “most distinguished contribution to children’s literature.” With this award, the American Library Association placed graphic literature fully in the mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in Books, comics, graphic novels
Tagged 2019 Eisner Awards, 2020 Eisner Awards, ALA Awards, battles, boy robot, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, Catholic School, Chinese immigrants, Class Act, Comic-Con, comics, crossdresser, Descender, Dustin Nguyen, early readers, Eisner Awards, Faith Erin Hicks, friendship, genderqueer, Ghosts, graphic novel, Hicotea, Hicotea: A Nightlights Story, James Kolchaka, James Kolchalka, Jeff Lemire, Jen Wang, Jerry Craft, Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, Jordie Bellaire, K-pop music, Lark Pien, Latin American, Lorena Alvarez, New Kid, Newberry Awards, Newbery Awards, Nightlights, parent-child reconciliation, Penelope Bagieu, SF, Stargazing, surreal images, teens, The Divided Earth, The Nameless City, The Prince and the Dressmaker, The Stone Heart, TOON Books, tweens, wetlands, Will Eisner, Will Eisner Week
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Turkish Delights and Dangers
What sense do young U.S. readers, bombarded these days by the war of words between our presidential candidates and assaulted by the images and realities of U.S. gun violence, make of recent events in Turkey? A failed military takeover of … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novels, memoir
Tagged British imperialism, collage, Constantinople, Dare to Disappoint; Growing Up in Turkey, Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, Erdomoglu Selim, ethnic minority, Faith Erin Hicks, family history, Istanbul, Jordie Bellaire, memoir, military coup, Mr. Selim, Muqtatafat, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napoleonic War, Ottoman Empire, Ozge Samanci, The Nameless City, The Stone Heart, Tony Cliff, Turkey, Turkish government
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