By weaving together the visual language of comics with the intimacy of the personal essay, she dismantled decades of narratives surrounding the Islamic Revolution.
We're focusing on flash interviews today! Take a glance at these wonderful tidbits from @amymonticello in this 2021 To Wit interview.
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We are grieving the immense loss of Marjane Satrapi today. Our hearts go out to her loved ones. 🕊️🧵
Satrapi's blockbuster "Persepolis" fractured traditional binary narratives of history. She taught us how to look at the gaps, the margins, and the complex truths of exile.
How do we document the intangible? In a piece for Assay 4.2, Corinna Cook dives deep into Daniel Janke’s film How People Got Fire, exploring the fascinating intersection of animation, oral history, and documentary poetics.
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Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies
Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies
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"Art is not nature and shouldn't try to imitate it."
Doug Carlson explores why Paul Gruchow and Brian Turner turned to abstract shapes to map the realities of depression and combat survival in Assay 1.2. A brilliant look at tactile space and reader participation in the memoir form. 🧵
Her work amazed scholars, teachers, and readers alike and taught how the image-text space can heal fractures between history and the self.
We are continually honored to see her lines analyzed and taught within our pages, serving as a cornerstone of literary citizenship.
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