Next Graphic Novel Club Selection
Tuesday, May 6th | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | 2nd Floor Board Room or Virtual
Woman, Life, Freedom edited by Marjane Satrapi
“On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn’t properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread through the whole country, and crowds adopted the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom”– words that have been chanted around the world during solidarity rallies. In order to tell the story of this major revolution happening in her homeland, Marjane Satrapi has gathered together an array of journalists, activists, academics, artists, and writers from around the world to create this powerful collection of full-color, graphic-novel-style essays and perspectives that bear witness. Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrates that this is not an unexpected movement, but a major uprising in a long history of women who have wanted to affirm their rights. It will continue.”
Copies of the book are available for check out from the 2nd floor reference desk of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library – just ask at the desk!
Join us for our next book club meeting virtually – please email us to get the link to join the virtual meeting.
Graphic Novel Club
Meetings are both virtual (please email us for the link) and in-person (2nd Floor Board Room) and on the first Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise noted, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Anyone 18 & up is welcome!
Date | Title |
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Dec. 3 | Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips |
Jan. 14* | Red Harvest: A Graphic Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine by Michael Cherkas |
Feb. 4 | Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo, Juan Cavia, et al. |
Mar. 4 | Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe |
Apr. 1 | A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal |
May 6 | Woman, Life, Freedom edited by Marjane Satrapi |