Mondays, March 30-May 4, 2020
6:30-8:30 p.m. (six sessions)
Guide: Trevor Dodge
In this Delve seminar, we’ll explore autobiographies executed in the medium of comics, and in doing so sample from a few of the world’s most respected illustrator-storytellers. In turn, Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Marjane Satrapi, Art Spiegelman, and Yoshihiro Tatsumi will each inspire and challenge participants as we examine graphic literature’s unique perspective on created identity.
READING LIST:
ONE! HUNDRED! DEMONS! by Lynda Barry
FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel
PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi
MAUS by Art Spiegelman:
A DRIFTING LIFE by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
SEMINAR GUIDE:
Trevor Dodge is the author of three collections of short fiction, He Always Still Tastes Like Dynamite, The Laws of Average, and Everyone I Know Lives On Roads, and a novella, Yellow #10. He teaches writing, literature, and comics studies at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, as well as courses in games studies and new media in the CMDC program at Washington State University-Vancouver.
Delve Access Program
We want Delve seminars to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. We are happy to offer an Access Program which provides reduced tuition to qualifying participants. Our Access Program offers Delve seminar registrations at a sliding scale amount of $45-$100 per registration.Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you would like to take a Delve at the Access Rate.
