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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures

Noelle Stevenson, illustrated by Noelle Stevenson

In essays and short personal comics, graphic novelist Noelle Stevenson records eight years of her young adult life. The memoir begins in 2011, when she was nineteen and attending art school, and continues through 2019, the year she married her wife. It chronicles both high and low points in that period. Sketchy cartoons in Stevenson’s signature style illustrate the text.

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Themes
Art And Creativity · Growing Up · Identity · Love
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 3, 2020
ISBN-13
9780062278265
Language
English
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