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Children’s Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust Loic Dauvillierl Marc Lizano, illus.; Greg Salsedo, colorist; Alexis Siegel, trans.
Essay Changing Times, Changing Letters, and Moving Forward Earlier this week, Liana Finck wrote about how she discovered A Bintel Brief and shared the history behind the column. Her graphic novel, A Bintel… Liana Finck April 18, 2014
Essay Finding a Story to Tell Earlier this week, Liana Finck shared the history behind the Forward’s Bintel Brief column. Her graphic novel, A Bintel Brief, was published by Ecco. She will be… Liana Finck April 17, 2014
Essay The Beginnings of A Bintel Brief Liana Finck is an emerging graphic novelist. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Brussels in 2009-10 and is a Six Points Fellow in New York. She publishes in The… Liana Finck April 14, 2014
Children’s A Bag of Marbles: The Graphic Novel Joseph Joffo Kris, adaptation; Vincent Bailley, illus.; Edward Gauvin, trans.
Essay Beyond the Book: Vanessa Davis Responds to Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix by Tahneer OksmanIt can be disorienting to imagine your favorite cartoonist’s works hanging in a museum. How do you preserve the intensely private and intimate… Tahneer Oksman February 12, 2014
Nonfiction Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – The Creators of Superman Brad Ricca
Nonfiction Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, and Other Female Villains Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Rebecca Guay, illus.
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Pascin by Joann Sfar Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoann Sfar’s biography of the Jewish modernist painter Pascin (Julius Mordecai Pincas) will soon be available in the U.S. with… Naomi Firestone-Teeter September 25, 2013
