Seeing the Essential: Craig Thompson’s Instructive Carnet de Voyage

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Journaling… like every other human endeavor, there exists a narrow sliver of people who raise this seemingly simple practice to the level of a refined and illuminating art. Such is the case with graphic novelist Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage. In the spring of 2004, Thompson traveled to Europe to…

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Poppies of Iraq, Fascinating Memoir to Boost Your French

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Have you ever wondered what you might do if asked to write your autobiography? Where does one even begin? These were questions that confounded color artist Brigitte Findakly when friends and colleagues urged her to share her life story. Born in Iraq in 1959, Findakly immigrated to France with her…

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