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Northern Light is a book by Kazim Ali.(Goose Lane Editions) Kazim Ali was the child of South Asian immigrants, who unexpectedly spent years of his childhood in the small Manitoba town of Jenpeg, a town that existed because of the hydroelectric dam nearby. As an adult, he found himself wondering about the town: did it even exist anymore? And if it did, what was it like? These questions sent him on a journey, one that looked at the environmental destruction the dam caused, and the local Pimicikamak community that fought against it.  Northern Light is Ali's story, the story of the Pimicik...

Award-winning novelist and poet Hiromi Goto has written her first graphic novel, illustrated by debut artist Ann Xu. Together in Shadow Life, they tell the tale of Kumiko, an elderly woman who battles the shadow of death, armed only with tenacity and a second-hand vacuum cleaner. When we first meet Kumiko, she is on the run from the long-term care home where her well-meaning adult children placed her. Soon she has her own apartment and struggles with life in a body that is not as strong as it used to be. And yet she perseveres, with dignity and good humour. She swims, takes her pills, makes ...

Measuring Up's Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu's Graphic Novel, Unhappy Camper Posted on  Clarissa Wong at HarperCollins, Unhappy Camper follows two sisters who rebuild their bond and learn more about their culture after going to a Taiwanese American summer camp. Social media image by Ann Xu. This follows the announcement a month ago that HarperCollins had also picked up Lily LaMotte's debut picture book Chloe's New Lunar Year illustrated by Michelle Lee. She also had her debut graphic novel published by HarperCollins last October, Measuring Up, which was also drawn by Ann Xu. Ann Xu is an Ignatz...

By the delicate hand of Didier Kassaï  ( Storm Over Bangui) comes a comic book documentary about the street children of Bangui, told in a style that mixes photo and illustration. In the Central African Republic, children grow up in a state of insecurity, poverty and malnutrition. The 2013 conflict only exacerbated this situation. The Central African Republic has become what many call “a house without windows.” Through illustrations and photos, this comic takes you into the heart of this “forgotten crisis.” With Central African artist Didier Kassaï  and British photojournalist ...

Embarrassing, and it cost him his career in congress. but now we've seen a pattern, and that is where i think it gets so much more difficult for anthony weiner, because we have these other points in this story which was supposed to be a story of a comeback and redemption and rebuilding. >> yeah. >> and when we now see him acknowledge that the glossy "people" magazine story of his family was flawed as well, that there were lies inherent in that, it's difficult. that leaves open the possibility that there will be more. we can't say for sure. he has acknowledged that some of what has come out on ...