Five Ways to Start Making Graphic Essays

The relationship between Graphic Literature and Flash Nonfiction



By Kelcey Ervick







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Kelcey Ervick is the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir,  The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives , winner of a 2023 Ohioana Book Award. She is co-editor, with Tom Hart, of  The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature .  Kelcey is the author of three previous award-winning books, and her comics have appeared in  The Rumpus ,  The Believer ,  Washington Post , and  Lit Hub . She has a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and is a professor of English and creative writing at Indiana University South Bend. She writes and draws about the ups, downs, and loop-de-loops of the creative life at  The Habit of Art .