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In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls "necessary protest." Save It for Later: Promises, Protest, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell's reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this generation's preeminent historical account of nonviolent revolution in the civil rights movement. Powell highlights both the danger of normalized paramilitary presence symbols in consumer pop culture, and the roles we play individually as we interact with our communities, families, and society at large. Each essay tracks Powell's journey from the night of the election - promising his four-year-old daughter that Trump will never win, to the reality of the Republican presidency, protesting the administration's policies, and navigating the complications of teaching his children how to raise their own voices in a world that is becoming increasingly dangerous and more and more polarized.
About the Author
Nate Powell is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978, he began self-publishing at age 14.His work includes brand new memoir/essay hybrid SAVE IT FOR LATER, Eisner-nominated Ozark horror-fairytale COME AGAIN, civil rights icon John Lewis' legendary graphic memoir trilogy MARCH, TWO DEAD, YOU DON'T SAY, ANY EMPIRE, SWALLOW ME WHOLE, THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS, THE YEAR OF THE BEASTS, and Rick Riordan's THE LOST HERO.Powell's work has also received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, three Eisner Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award, four YALSA Great Graphic Novels For Teens selections, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and is a two-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He has discussed his work at the United Nations, as well as on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and CNN.He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.www.seemybrotherdance.org
