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COMIC: You Are a Sacred Space by Yumi Sakugawa

COMIC: You Are a Sacred Space by Yumi Sakugawa

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About the Author

Yumi Sakagawa is a comic book artist and the author of I Think I Am in Friend-Love with You and Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe. She is a regular comic contributor to The Rumpus and Wonderhowto.com. Her comics have also appeared in Bitch, The Best American Non­Required Reading 2014, Folio, Fjords Review, and other publications. A graduate from the fine art program of University of California, Los Angeles, she lives in Los Angeles. www.yumisakugawa.com

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