Graphic Narrative

My Mother Wrote Her Own Ending

"Blood Is Not Your Subject," a graphic narrative by Arwen Donahue

My Mother Wrote Her Own Ending

Blood Is Not Your Subject

About the Author

Arwen Donahue is the author of the graphic memoir Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year (Hub City Press, 2022). Her comics and graphic stories have been featured in The Field Guide to Graphic Literature, LitHub, The Nib, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She has received grants and awards from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Xeric Foundation, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Humanities Council, and an Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. Arwen lives on a farm in Kentucky, where her family has raised produce for local markets for over 20 years. website: arwendonahue.com. instagram: @slope_oak.

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