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Wisconsin Public Radio appearance

Posted on April 14, 2018

It was a great pleasure to be interviewed at Wisconsin public radio during a terrific visit to Madison! You can listen to the interview here. The interview was followed by…

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Class Ground Rules

Posted on March 29, 2018

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Upcoming Travel and More

Posted on March 19, 2018

Spring buds are poking up from the ground in Chicago. Days are slowly getting slightly warmer. (Not complaining! I hear a forecast for a fourth Noreaster storm tomorrow!) This past…

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DC and NYC

Posted on December 4, 2017

Since finishing and releasing Taking Turns, my work (and for a while my caregiving) is focused more specifically on end of life care, particularly for the elderly. I’m in the…

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Pulp Culture

Posted on October 23, 2017

Just back from a conference that I have to post about because it was rich with information and guidance for my thinking about comics right now. The Vermont Folklife Center…

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It’s Been A Minute

Posted on September 3, 2017

(Full disclosure: I’ve stolen that post title from one of my new favorite podcasts.) It’s been an amazing whirlwind of late spring/early summer book events and conferences followed by equally…

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Catching My Breath

Posted on May 8, 2017

This early spring has been an amazing whirlwind of travel and speaking about Graphic Medicine and Taking Turns. Queers & Comics Conference in San Francisco – I moderated the queer health…

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HealthCetera Interview

Posted on April 2, 2017

Last week I was interviewed by the wonderful Barbara Glickstein for her HealthCetera program on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. The interview is now available online: http://www.healthmediapolicy.com/2017/03/30/taking-turns-stories-from-hivaids-care-unit-371-a-graphic-memoir-by-mk-czrewiec/   Thank…

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Chicago Book Launch

Posted on April 1, 2017

Thursday night was the Chicago launch event for my book Taking Turns. I was honored to be hosted by the DePaul Art Museum and the Alphawood Foundation,  hosts of the…

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Duke Mini-Residency

Posted on March 31, 2017

Just back from an absolutely terrific mini-residency at Duke University. I spoke in four classrooms:     Medical Ethics and End of Life Care – we discussed how comics can…

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Book Release Day

Posted on March 17, 2017

Wednesday March 15th was book release day for Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371. I was grateful to spend the day with Ann Fox at Davidson College, outside of Charlotte,…

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Book Launch Approaches: Website Refresh and Upcoming Events

Posted on February 19, 2017

It’s been mild and lovely here in the Midwest this weekend and it’s put many of us in the mind of spring. This was Lake Michigan yesterday, on the Michigan…

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I Have A Copy of The Book!

Posted on January 6, 2017

It’s been quite a week. The advance copies of the book have arrived to the publisher, Penn State University Press, and they sent me one. It is gorgeous. Thrilling. Like…

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The Book Has a Press Page!

Posted on December 24, 2016

Penn State University Press, publisher of the Graphic Medicine series in which my book will appear in March of 2017, has recently redesigned their website to celebrate 30 years in…

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The Book Has A Cover

Posted on October 4, 2016

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Update: The Book is Done and Comic-Con!

Posted on July 20, 2016

After an intense, three-week marathon editing session in May, I finally finished my book, Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371. The files are off to Penn State Press…

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Comics Out Loud

Posted on March 5, 2016

artwork by Andrew Godfrey The theme of this year’s Comics & Medicine conference in Dundee, Scotland is “Stages & Pages.” We aim to look at performance and/in graphic medicine from…

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Galveston

Posted on December 13, 2015

Just back from a fantastic trip to Galveston, TX. Galveston is a barrier island off the coast of Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, about an hour outside of Houston….

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World AIDS Day 2015

Posted on December 1, 2015

The largest indoor display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was in the summer of 1998 at Chicago’s Navy Pier.     

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New York Times Manifesto Review!

Posted on July 1, 2015

Very excited that yesterday a positive review of Ian Willams’s The Bad Doctor and the Graphic Medicine Manifesto appeared in the New York Times Science section. Here’s how the print…

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