{"title":"Rebecca Fish Ewan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"by-the-forces-of-gravity-1","title":"By the Forces of Gravity","description":"\u003cp\u003eRebecca Fish Ewan's illustrated coming-of-age memoir \u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e is told through drawings and free verse. Set in early-1970s Berkeley California Rebecca's story reflects on a childhood friendship cut short by tragedy. In an era of laissez-faire parenting Rebecca drops out of elementary school and takes up residence in a kids commune-no parents allowed!-and we follow her bestie Luna and their hippie cohorts as they search for love acceptance and cosmic truths. Full of adventure and heartache \u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e promises to pull you in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Fish Ewan\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founder of Plankton Press (where small is big enough) and creates Tiny Joys \u0026amp;amp GRAPH(feeties) zines. She is a poet cartoonist professor. Mom and writer and teaches in The Design School at Arizona State University. Her publications include work in \u003cem\u003eBrevity Femme Fotale Survivor Zine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHip Mama\u003c\/em\u003e. She's also the author of \u003cem\u003eA Land Between\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview(s)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e is like nothing you've ever read. Rebecca Fish Ewan has invented a wildly unique new genre that will transport you to a wildly unique time and place where love and experimentation reigned children were intentionally left unparented and everyone it seemed spent their days chasing far-out trips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this vividly magical and terrifying world a once-in-a-lifetime friendship blooms between two girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt turns utopian and tragic \u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e will forever change the way you think about love childhood the meaning of family and what it means to be fully alive.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eAriel Gore\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eWe Were Witches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rebecca Fish Ewan's illustrated prose conveys an intimate look into life in Berkley in the 1970s. It resonates with the pure and all-consuming love of friendship revealing the complex truth of a girl abandoned by parents and society. Ewan's free verse is clear and immediately immerses the reader in the thoughts of young Becky Star Fish and the accompanying drawings deepen the emotional resonance of the book allowing us another way to access the thoughts and feelings of a narrator we can't help but feel affection for. I entered the story as a neglected twelve-year-old girl trying to find her way in a world that she didn't feel too young for. I entered this story as a forty-four-year-old mother wanting to rescue this girl and feed her something with sustenance. And I entered this story as a teenager consumed with that achingly vibrant love for a friend. An unflinching work of tender beauty \u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate memoir to be savored re-read and shared with your own \"soul friends.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eLara Lillibridge\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eGirlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rebecca Fish Ewan's \u003cem\u003eBy the Forces of Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e is a visually and emotionally compelling coming-of-age memoir. Her inventive prose and picture narrative recreates the tumultuous counter-culture movement in Berkeley California capturing the intricate psychedelic zeitgeist of the 1970s. Together the drawings and text weave an intimate story of a young girl finding her soulmate and mentor as they search for cosmic consciousness. This free-verse-comic takes us on an epic trip of alternative lifestyles sex drugs rock-and-roll loss and ultimately redemption.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eChip Sullivan\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003eCartooning the Landscape\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Full of the raw honesty and complicated tangles of a young girl navigating the lost and found of adolescence friendship and the journey toward selfhood in 1970s Berkeley-the drawings as necessary and revealing as the doodles in the margins of her lessons.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eTyler Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e author of \u003cem\u003ePrimahood: Magenta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hippocampus Magazine and Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41321611264150,"sku":"9780999429976","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0477\/8731\/1254\/products\/img_proxy_c3079a91-1efc-4b27-9199-fa94f9e1ade5.jpg?v=1642159110"},{"product_id":"doodling-for-writers-1","title":"Doodling for Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing and doodling — in the margins, on napkins, anywhere — can contribute to your writing process and fuel your creativity.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDoodling for Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, memoirist and cartoonist Rebecca Fish Ewan combines her wit and wisdom with practical, engaging prompts and activities to illustrate how simple sketching can get you over hurdles, bring back memories, and even provide a roadmap for where your story needs to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of encouragement and anecdotes, Fish Ewan’s cartoon-self – accompanied by a few sidekicks – will guide you through basics of drawing and then show you to how to apply it to your writing process through character sketches, place maps, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the author-illustrator’s words, “This book is not about getting writers to abandon their craft so they can become artists. For one, writing is an art form, so they’re already artists. For two, this book is about letting drawing enrich their writing life, not replace it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick up this book, pick up a pencil… and erase the notion that you can’t draw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoet\/cartoonist \u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Fish Ewan\u003c\/strong\u003e's passion is mingling text with visual art, primarily in ink and watercolor, to tell stories of place and memory. Her hybrid-form work has appeared in After the Art, Brevity, Crab Fat, Survivor Zine, Hip Mama, Mutha, TNB, Punctuate \u0026amp; Under the Gum Tree. Her illustrations and essay, “The Deepest Place on Earth,” were published in the Literary Kitchen anthology, \u003cem\u003ePlaces Like Home\u003c\/em\u003e. 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A mix of practical advice and inspiring prompts, this book is a must for any writer who wants to enrich their process. It’s also a gentle but complete rebuttal of the all-too-common claim, “I can’t draw.” You can! And this book delightfully shows you how.” -- Randon Billings Noble, author of \u003cem\u003eBe with Me Always\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rebecca Fish Ewan's \u003cem\u003eDoodling for Writers\u003c\/em\u003e gently takes the reluctant drawer on a masterful journey into the vast world of doodling. Full of easy to follow prompts and direct ways to connect doodling to the writing process, this book will be a must-have on any writer's shelf. It's funny, rich, irreverent and profoundly relevant to today's creatives.\" -- Laraine Herring, author of \u003cem\u003eA Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravens.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“A delightful and wise guide to creative empowerment through the understated power of the doodle. Rebecca Fish Ewan is the perfect drawing buddy and \u003cem\u003eDoodling for Writers \u003c\/em\u003econtains a wealth of practical advice to get you drawing and visual perspectives to enrich your writing. It's essential reading for any writer who draws or who aspires to, even if you doubt your artistic abilities. With this book as your companion, you'll be happily drawing before you know it.” -- Vanessa Berry, author of \u003cem\u003eMirror Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Rebecca Fish Ewan’s \u003cem\u003eDoodling for Writers\u003c\/em\u003e is a super-fun book, but it’s also subversive, giving a view into the mechanics of creativity while posing as a craft book. Not only will this wonderful volume take a seat on the shelf next to Hillary Chute’s \u003cem\u003eWhy Comics\u003c\/em\u003e?, Scott McLoud’s \u003cem\u003eMaking Comics\u003c\/em\u003e, and Lynda Barry’s \u003cem\u003eSyllabus\u003c\/em\u003e—it extends the conversation about how visual thinking can help us all. All writers benefit from a comics mindset, Fish Ewan proposes. 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