Spotlight: “If You Want to Write” by Summer Pierre

Cartoonist and illustrator Summer Pierre reflects on the fantasy and reality of the writer’s life.

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Summer Pierre is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer living in the Hudson Valley, New York. She is the author of The Artist in the Office: How to Creatively Survive and Thrive Seven Days a Week and Great Gals: Inspired Ideas for Having a Kick-Ass Life. She also does a semi-weekly diary comic Paper Pencil Life. Her writing and art have appeared in The Rumpus, Hobart, The Nashville Review & Booth Literary Journal, among other places.

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