“I was thinking of you. I was thinking of you and Martin. I was thinking about the years of work, the bloodshed… the people who didn’t live to see this day.” Ted Kennedy to John Lewis In one of the last lines of this comic book trilogy, it reads, “I was thinking about the years of work.” During the 500-ish pages of illustrations, we see that work during the 1950s and 60s in stark contrast to the joy during President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009. The two stories bring t

Introducing one of the newest Marvel heroes, Ms. Marvel. “Ms. Marvel,” you say. “Isn’t that just Captain Marvel’s name?” Well, yes. But no. This is Kamala Kahn, Pakistani-American Muslim from Jersey City. She’s just your typical high school student navigating teen life until a mysterious fog appears and gives her supernatural abilities, causing her to transform into the appearance of Ms. Marvel (the earlier version of Captain Marvel). Here’s the quick. Captain Mar-Vell (1967)

The remastered image here is the very first cover of a marvel superhero as we think of them today. Characters will come and go, but this is what started them all for Marvel. The second issue was renamed Marvel Mystery Comics and ran throughout the 1940s. Marvel Comics #1-10 (Oct. 1939 – Aug. 1940) are a wild ride. Being 80 years old, this first handful of comics introduces several characters. We see an earlier version of The Human Torch [All] (massively different from modern

Karen Babine has done it again, winning the 2020 Minnesota Book Award in Memoir/Creative Nonfiction. As the subtitle suggests (A Season of Cooking and Cancer), this book follows Babine’s experience cooking for her mother recovering from chemo treatment. Filled with familial anecdotes to make you laugh, cry, and question your own relationship with family, this book’s core is centered around language used to describe sickness, health, and the conversations we have with our bodi

Tara Westover and her journey discovering the world outside of her hometown life. Using quick-witted anecdotes and illustrious moments from her childhood, Westover brings us on her journey through naïveté into a world she never could imagine. Her writing brings us face-to-face with her lived experience, trusting her parents’ opinions and views, then thrusts us into the open world to discover new things like “The Holocaust” and art. This book is for someone looking for a well-

A poetry, prose, and illustration hybrid, this collection shows what it means to be unheard in a world refusing to listen. Using powerful words of love, longing, and empowerment, Jasmin Kaur’s debut novel utilizes the love her characters share as an illustration that the compassion we show for one another is just the beginning. This is a story told through emotion using the love a mother has for her daughter as the tipping point. I would recommend this for anyone interested i

Heute haben wir Anna Ebbers getroffen. Sie ist eine Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Post Doctoral) bei Universität Sankt Gallen. Sie war sehr expressiv und ihre Englisch war sehr sehr gut. Sie spracht über ihre Umfrage des Nachhaltigkeit in der Schweiz. Sie haben viele Cantons gefragt über Nachhaltigkeit und ihre erneuerbare Energie. Ebbers’ Präsentation war sehr interessant und sie war sehr freundlich. Danach haben wir St. Gallen besucht. Zuerst sind wir durch der Innenstad