Episode 8: Aubrey Hirsch

On episode 8 of the QT Nonfiction Podcast, Aubrey Hirsch and I discuss a wide range of topics such as: the accessibility of information in graphic nonfiction, colors and images in the attention economy, whittling down research to the absolute most important points, the helpful confines of short form, service journalism, infusing humor into graphic nonfiction on heavy topics as a means of acknowledging the absurdity, anger as a necessary tool for revolution, cover art that accurately represents a book, working with a great small press, getting informational works into the hands of folks who need to learn, deciding when and when not to include comics, bi-erasure, the freedom in publishing whatever you want and keeping a personal archive on Substack, and more.

Writers/Books/Things to Check Out mentioned in this episode: Roxane Gay’s "The Audacity," The Rumpus, Split Lip Press, Kristine Langley Mahler, The People’s Project curated by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith, Alexander Chee, Joy Harjo, Kiese Laymon, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay, Shay Mirk’s “Crucial Comix,” Thi Bui, Eleri Harris, Yifan Luo, Sanika Phawde, Hyesu Lee, Alex Norris.

Links:

• Purchase Graphic Rage
• Aubrey's Newsletter
• Aubrey's Instagram

Intro/Outro Music by Lin

• Lin's Bandcamp
• Lin's Spotify