Oakland cartoonist Loewinsohn’s YA novel looks at her teen years in 1990s
Her new, semi-autobiographical memoir "Raised by Ghosts" tells of living between her divorced parents' homes and becoming an artist.
In the case of Oakland cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist Briana Loewinsohn, art and a handful of close friends carried her through El Cerrito High School in the 1990s. Her new, semi-autobiographical YA memoir, “Raised by Ghosts,” tells the story of living between her divorced parents’ homes and her growing identity as an artist in those years. A page from “Raised by Ghosts” appears above. (image courtesy of Briana Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
Oakland cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist Briana Loewinsohn, above, is today the married mother of two children and teaches art at the city’s Bishop O’Dowd High School. (photo courtesy of Stephen Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
Briana Loewinsohn’s new, semi-autobiographical YA memoir, “Raised by Ghosts,” was released earlier this year. The cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist lives in Oakland. (image courtesy of Fantagraphics)
“Raised by Ghosts,” Oakland cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist Briana Loewinsohn’s new, semi-autobiographical YA memoir, tells the story of living between her divorced parents’ homes and her growing identity as an artist as a 1990s East Bay teenager. A page from “Raised by Ghosts” appears above. (image courtesy of Briana Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
A page from “Raised by Ghosts,” Oakland cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist Briana Loewinsohn’s new, semi-autobiographical YA memoir, appears above. (image courtesy of Briana Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
A page from “Raised by Ghosts” appears above. (image courtesy of Briana Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
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In the case of Oakland cartoonist and young-adult graphic novelist Briana Loewinsohn, art and a handful of close friends carried her through El Cerrito High School in the 1990s. Her new, semi-autobiographical YA memoir, “Raised by Ghosts,” tells the story of living between her divorced parents’ homes and her growing identity as an artist in those years. A page from “Raised by Ghosts” appears above. (image courtesy of Briana Loewinsohn via Fantagraphics)
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