{"product_id":"kindred","title":"Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation;  Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eI lost an arm on my last trip home. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHome is a new house with a loving husband in 1970s California that suddenly transformed in to the frightening world of the antebellum South. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDana, a young black writer, can't explain \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e she is transported across time and space to a plantation in Maryland. But she does quickly understand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: to deal with the troubles of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder--and her progenitor. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer survival, her very existence, depends on it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis searing graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's science fiction classic is a powerfully moving, unflinching look at the violent disturbing effects of slavery on the people it chained together, both black and white--and made kindred in the deepest sense of the word.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 10, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eDamian Duffy is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, curator, lecturer, teacher, and Glyph Comics Award-winning graphic novelist. He holds a MS and PhD in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His many publications include academic essays (in comics form) on new media \u0026amp; learning and art books about underrepresentation in comics culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his off hours he teaches classes on cultural politics of computers and\/or wrestles his children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA co-founder of Eye Trauma Studios, Damian has given talks and lead workshops about comics, art, and education internationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647367475522,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/kin.jpg?v=1679193632","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/kindred","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}