Sarah Mirk

In the 45th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Sarah Mirk about comics journalism, zine-making, and telling the stories of Guantanamo Bay. Sarah is the author of several books, most recently Guantanamo Voices. Sarah can be found on Instagram @sarahmirk and Twitter @sarahmirk. Her website is mirkwork.com.

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Stranger

Portland Mercury

Bitch Media

Popaganda

You Do You by Sarah Mirk

Sex from Scratch by Sarah Mirk

Open Earth by Sarah Mirk, illustrated by Eva Cabrera and Claudia Aguirre

March graphic novels

Making the Met exhibit

Making the Met audio tour narrated by Steve Martin

A Rogue of One’s Own by Evie Dunmore

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

New Girl

What We Do in the Shadows

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Black Enough anthology edited by Ibi Zoboi

The X-Files

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Nib

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Pose

The Great

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Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.

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