This past weekend in Washington DC, the Smithsonian’s historic Arts & Industries building was home to the most important gathering of artists you have ever seen. The CrossLines pop-up culture lab on intersectionality brought together over 40 artists and scholars to explore race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, etc.
I was fortunate enough to be invited and helped organize a Reading Lounge and live podcasts — while artist Matt Huynh painted a mural in real time the entire weekend. One of the questions I got asked the most was about the books we included, so after the jump you can find a complete list of books we had in the Lounge!
Comics/Graphic Novels | Writer/Artist |
Thief of Thieves Volume 5 | Andy Diggle, Adriano Lucas, Shawn Martinbrough |
Shortcomings | Adrian Tomine |
Muqtatafat: A Comics Anthology Featuring Artists From the Middle East Region | Anna Mudd, A. David Lewis and Paul Beran, editors |
Saga | Brian Vaughn, Fiona Staples |
Zots: Serpent and Shield | Daniel Parada |
Shaft: A Complicated Man | David Walker, Bilquis Evely |
Same Difference | Derek Kirk Kim |
Hip-Hop Family Tree | Ed Piskor |
100 Crushes | Elisha Lim |
Your Brain on Latino Comics | Frederick Luis Aldama |
Ms. Marvel Volume 1 | G. Willow Wilson, Jake Wyatt, Adrian Alphona |
Vietnamerica | GB Tran |
Boxers & Saints | Gene Luen Yang |
American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang |
The Shadow Hero | Gene Luen Yang, Sonny Liew |
Bumperhead | Gilbert Hernandez |
Love and Rockets New Stories #1 | Hernandez Brothers |
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Volume 1 | Hope Nicholson, editor |
Lola: A Ghost Story | J. Torres, Elbert Orr |
Comics! By Javier Hernandez | Javier Hernandez |
Descender, Vol 1: Tin Stars | Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen |
Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology | Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Jerry Ma, Keith Chow, editors |
Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology | Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Jerry Ma, Keith Chow, editors |
March: Book One | John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell |
RUNLOVEKILL | Jon Tsuei, Eric Canete |
Tina’s Mouth | Keshni Kashyap, Mari Araki |
Why I Hate Saturn | Kyle Baker |
Latino USA: A Cartoon History | Lalo Alcaraz |
One Hundred Demons | Lynda Barry |
Skim | Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki |
Dragon’s Breath and Other Stories | MariNaomi |
Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi |
Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story | Mat Johnson, Simon Gane |
Incognegro | Mat Johnson, Warren Pleece |
Citizen 13660 | Mine Okubo |
Night Fisher | R. Kikuo Johnson |
Sonambulo | Rafael Navarro |
Usagi Yojimbo, Book 1 | Stan Sakai |
I Think I am in Friend-Love with You | Yumi Sakagawa |
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe | Yumi Sakagawa |
Many thanks to Lawrence Minh-Bui and the whole Smithsonian APA crew for organizing everything!