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A podcast featuring Natasha Trethewey discussing her book Beyond Katrina

This is a three-panel comic illustration, drawn in reddish-brown and white tones. The art style is expressive but not overly detailed—focusing on characters’ body language and facial expressions.

Top Panel:
Two women stand on what looks like a…

Book Cover: An image of a muddy, gravel road on top of a speckled yellow cover. The title reads in someone's handwriting "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner with a forward by Jesmyn Ward.

This is the cover of *Maus: A Survivor’s Tale*, a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that tells the true story of a Holocaust survivor—his father—through powerful, symbolic art.

At the top, the title “MAUS” is written in bold, harsh, red letters.…

The image shows a professional headshot of a man in profile, wearing glasses and a button-down. He smiles to the left of the camera. The man is Cori Di Biase, reviewer for ARDOR literary magazine.

The image shows a woman in a black dress, wearing a gold medal engraved with an icon of a book. She smiles brightly, looking slightly to the left of the camera. The woman is Jesmyn Ward, having just received the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction.

The image is a black-and-white professional headshot of a woman looking directly into the camera with a pensive expression. The woman in the picture is Parul Sehgal, a critic for the New York Times.

This image shows the aftermath of significant flood damage. In front of a brick building, a large pile of debris is heaped on the sidewalk and lawn. The debris includes broken furniture, mattresses, wood, and various household items. The scene looks…

The road is cracked and empty, and on one side, there are broken trees stripped of most of their leaves. Debris—such as broken wood, metal, and household items—is scattered along the roadside. A fallen orange construction barrel lies in the…

The cover is dominated by dark, moody tones—mostly shades of gray, blue, and black. It shows a flooded urban landscape, representing post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. A ruined building stands precariously. Overhead, storm clouds loom, casting a…