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In seven interwoven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls "necessary protest." Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, 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 authoritarian 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. While six of the seven essays are new, unpublished work, Powell has also included "About Face," a comics essay first published by Popula Online that swiftly went viral and inspired him to expand his work on Save It for Later. The seventh and final essay will contextualize the myriad events of 2020 with the previous four years—from the COVID-19 pandemic to global protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder to the 2020 presidential election itself—highlighting both the consistencies and inversions of widely shared experiences and observations amidst a massive social upheaval.
As Powell moves between subjective and objective experiences raising his children—depicted in their childhood innocence as imaginary anthropomorphic animals—he reveals the electrifying sense of trust and connection with neighbors and strangers in protest. He also explores how to equip young people with tools to best make their own noise as they grow up and help shape the direction and future of this country.
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- ISBN: 9781647000752
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- English
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Starred review from February 1, 2021
Powell states up front that this book isn't about parenting or activism, but it illuminates where the two intertwine. Weaving through Trump's presidency, his election, and the cultural history that led to it, Powell navigates minefield conversations on such diverse subjects as policing and the depiction of Nazis in the 1970s Wonder Woman TV show, while reckoning with the lessons of his own childhood. Beginning with the poem ""Tornado Children,"" much of this work feels like visual poetry: the line-by-line sentences mirrored by stacked horizontal panels that become image-stanzas; spare, nuanced colors punctuated by fearsome splashes of aggression and encompassed by expressionistic darkness. Though that poetry eventually bogs down somewhat in a dense analysis of how the infinitely cyclical nature of war empowers a militarized culture of toxic masculinity, this eventually gives way to his activist rallying cry: when you see injustice, "find a way to get in the way." This is a deeply personal, deeply partisan book, distinctly not a call for national unity, and as such, isn't likely to win converts among conservatives or even moderates. It can, at times, skate close in tone to the aggrieved airing of resentments Powell accuses his political opponents of, though readers who align with Powell's sentiments are not likely to see it that way. A virtuoso work of artistry with important content that might alienate some but powerfully stir others.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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