From the Archive: Sketch Book Reviews: Girlhood by Melissa Febos
An illustrated review of Melissa Febos’s new essay collection, GIRLHOOD!
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Posts Tagged: Spotlight Series
Spotlight: “How to Keep in Touch”
How much time do I want with others? How much time do I want with myself?
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Spotlight: “Denny’s: A Breakfast Horror”
A deliciously strange fiction about how a diner chain ruined a life.
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Spotlight: “Discarded Comforts”
Perplexing discoveries on the streets of Providence lead to a bit of introspection.
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Spotlight: “Dating during Quarantine”
Suddenly, it became my civic duty to avoid strange men.
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Spotlight: “Five Pandemic Date Night Ideas”
Enjoy a cozy evening at home… and another one… and another one.
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Spotlight: “Restful Meditations for the 100% Normal, Well-Adjusted Human”
Breathe in… breathe out.
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Spotlight: The Rumpus Review of John Stanley’s Little Lulu
For the longest time, John Stanley’s Little Lulu was one of the best kept secrets in comics.
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Spotlight: “Dentist Dad”
A young woman stays with her boyfriend’s parents. It will be her last visit.
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Spotlight: “Love Is Real”
On a Tuesday night in New York City, a girl meets the love of her life.
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Spotlight: “I Met Prince Once”
While struggling with a severe bout of depression I found myself inexplicably drawn to Prince’s music.
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Spotlight: “As Before, So Behind (redux)”
What follows is an attempt to speak to the living, as well as the dead.
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Spotlight: “Roving Woman”
How sad, sure, but also how haunting, thrilling, lovely, and sweet.
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Spotlight: The Rumpus Review of Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet
In 1999 I was five. I was really just discovering comics for the first time—mostly by reading Spiderman.
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Spotlight: “My Dead Friend’s Favorite Book”
Whenever I need to be close to Chelsea and the lessons she taught me, all I have to do is read.
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Spotlight: Alexander Rothman
If comics are sequential art—art that tells a story using a sequence of images—then Alexander Rothman’s work is, to use his term, “sequential verse.”
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Spotlight: An Interview with Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld talks about art, publishing, the balance between commissions and passion projects, and his upcoming book, Goliath.
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