Tag: graphic novels Marjane Satrapi’s Woman, Life, Freedom: Tyranny and a Feminist Revolution

One of the contenders for this year’s Oscar for Best International Film is The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Secretly filmed in Tehran, the fictional screenplay takes place during the weeks of protest that followed the nonfictional death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in police custody…
Riad Sattouf Uncovers the Life of a Long Lost Brother
35 Sensational Reads for the Francophiles on your Gift List
Arab of the Future, Classic Literature Masquerading as Comics

Last month, I finished reading the 6th and final book in the graphic novel series, L’Arabe du futur, by Riad Sattouf. Every volume of this autobiographical bande dessinée has been a bestseller in France and translated into over 20 languages. Sattouf, whose mother is French and father is Syrian, zigzagged…
A Game for Swallows, Revealing Humanity Beneath the Rubble
My 10 Best Nonfiction Picks from 2022

Since it’s “Nonfiction November” I thought I’d spend some time reviewing my favorite nonfiction reads from this year. I’d say that on the whole, 2022 has been a better-than-usual year for nonfiction—basing that statement on nothing other than my personal experience. I feel like this year I broke through a…
Visiting the Louvre through the Eyes of Outstanding Cartoonists
Marjane Satrapi’s Woman, Life, Freedom: Tyranny and a Feminist Revolution

One of the contenders for this year’s Oscar for Best International Film is The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Secretly filmed in Tehran, the fictional screenplay takes place during the weeks of protest that followed the nonfictional death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in police custody…
Riad Sattouf Uncovers the Life of a Long Lost Brother
35 Sensational Reads for the Francophiles on your Gift List
Arab of the Future, Classic Literature Masquerading as Comics

Last month, I finished reading the 6th and final book in the graphic novel series, L’Arabe du futur, by Riad Sattouf. Every volume of this autobiographical bande dessinée has been a bestseller in France and translated into over 20 languages. Sattouf, whose mother is French and father is Syrian, zigzagged…
A Game for Swallows, Revealing Humanity Beneath the Rubble
My 10 Best Nonfiction Picks from 2022

Since it’s “Nonfiction November” I thought I’d spend some time reviewing my favorite nonfiction reads from this year. I’d say that on the whole, 2022 has been a better-than-usual year for nonfiction—basing that statement on nothing other than my personal experience. I feel like this year I broke through a…