It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed’s When Stars are Scattered tells Mohamed’s story of growing up in a Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Omar and his younger brother Hassan escaped Somalia when his family’s farm was attacked during the ongoing civil war.

Trickster Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection is an anthology filled with a variety of trickster tales. The tales range from teaching morals and understanding the Earth.

Andrea Ferraris and Renato Chiocca’s The Scar uses the comic form to report on their experience at the border wall between the USA and Mexico. For all that is covered in the book, it is a short piece of “graphic reportage.”

Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do is a multifaceted narrative spanning the experiences of Bui’s father, mother, and her own experience.

Marjane Satrapi’s Chicken With Plums tells the story of her great-uncle Nasser Ali Khan’s love and death.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

Drawing the line is a compelling anthology by 14 Indian women responding to the 2012 New Delhi bus attack that was a flash point in the women’s rights movement against sexual violence. While some of the short stories deal with sexual violence straight on, many others focus on the gender disparities that support the rape culture.

Marcelino Truong’s Such a Lovely Little War and Saigon Calling span four different cultural perspectives of the Vietnam/American war.