Episode #265-AJUAN MANCE!!! Comics, making comics, Living While Black & MORE. Plus: loving allyship in the wake of the Club Q tragedy.

We are over the moon to welcome back cartoonist, professor and Jeopardy champion AJUAN MANCE to the podcast.  Ajuan is here to celebrate the release of two books- 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press) and Living While Black (Chronicle). Both of her books are out now!    Also on this episode: Nicole talks about the Club Q tragedy & how to support the LGBTQIA+ community when something like this happens.    Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College in Oakland, California, a professor of comics at California college of the arts,  and a lifelong artist and writer. In both her scholarly writing and her visual art, Ajuan explores the complexities of race, gender, and identity, Ajuan’s illustrations and comics have appeared in several anthologies, including, Drawing Power, edited by Diane Noomin.  Ajuan has TWO books out that I urge you to get right now! 1001 black men from stacked deck press, and Living While Black with Chronicle books.    You can find Ajuan, her books and more at ajuanmance.com   Now please enjoy my talk with Ajuan Mance.