Snowbird

Erin Wilson's debut graphic novel SNOWBIRD: BOOK ONE illustrates the precarious moment of being completely overwhelmed by a broken heart, 2010's devastating BP oil spill, and the complicated politics of being a white artist in a poor black neighborhood succumbing to gentrification in New Orleans. Written with brutal emotional honesty, as well as easy to understand illustrated walkthroughs of ten dollar words like "gentrification", Snowbird shares the intersection of political awareness and emotional vulnerability.