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alrowell@books.theunseen.city

Joined 1 year, 11 months ago

Former teacher of high school English (and technology director), retired and relaxing more likely than not with a graphic novel or science fiction (inveterate Star Trek fan), but still with a fondness for poetry, Chaucer, Langston Hughes, Faulkner, Alice Walker, and more.

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Gender Queer (GraphicNovel, 2020, Oni-Lion Forger Publishing Group) 5 stars

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics …

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5 stars

This graphic novel is among the greatest hits of the book banners who in the past few years have been berating librarians and threatening the freedom of others to simply read. As an autobiography, I can see how Gender Queer—with its absolute unveiled description of Maia Kobabe’s journey to eir realization of self—might be discomforting to some, but this work could be absolutely life-saving for young people in crisis or just struggling with putting into words who they are.