Art
OKINAWA
Written by Higa, Susumu
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionA peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan.
ALL ONE LIFE
Written by LeBlanc, Christian
Inspired by a 3-page comic by the French cartoonist Jean Giraud (Moebius) illustrating a speech by Chief Seattle, Seattle-based cartoonist Jon Strongbow went on a spiritual journey.
ANAÏS NIN: A SEA OF LIES
Written by Bischoff, Léonie
Anais Nin, the author of works such as Delta of Venus and House of Incest, is the patron saint of taboo-breaking pop culture sexual iconoclasts.
MINAMI'S LOVER
Written by Uchida, Shungiku
Originally appearing in the underground/alternative manga magazine Garo in the 1980s and adapted for television several times, the Japanese pop culture sensation Minami's Lover is the story of two high schoolers' romantic relationship when one of them shrinks down to six inches tall.
DAUGHTERS OF SNOW AND CINDERS
Written by Tamarit, Núria
Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life.
DEAR MINI: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR, BOOK ONE
Written by Norris, Natalie
This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025) is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author's teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency.
FLOWERING: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JUDY CHICAGO
Written by Chicago, Judy
Judy Chicago is America's most dynamic living artist. Her works comprise a dizzying array of media from performance and installation to the glittering table laid for thirty-nine iconic women in The Dinner Party (now permanently housed at the Brooklyn Museum), the groundbreaking Birth Project, and the meticulously researched Holocaust Project.
LOUISE NEVELSON: LIGHT AND SHADOW
Written by Wilson, Laurie
In 1929, Louise Nevelson was a disappointed housewife with a young son, surrounded by New York's vibrant artistic community but unable to fully engage with it. By 1950, she was an artist living on her own, financially dependent on her family, but she had received a glimmer of recognition from the establishment: inclusion in three group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
GWEN JOHN: ART AND LIFE IN TWO CITIES
Written by Foster, Alicia
Gwen John was one of the most significant British artists of the earlyto mid-twentieth century, active in Paris and London, and featured inthe highly influential avant-garde Armory Show in New York in 1913. Demolishing the myth of the recluse, this sustained critical biography of a much-loved artist locates her firmly in the art worlds of London and Paris, where she chose to live and work.
NATURAL LIGHT: THE ART OF ADAM ELSHEIMER AND THE DAWN OF MODERN SCIENCE
Written by Bell, Julian
Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and debates over what was real and what constituted "nature," currents that would soon gather force to form modern science.
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