Leanne Grabel's Brontosaurus

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Leanne Grabel recounts her teenage rape and aftermath in her graphic memoir Brontosaurus on Words and Pictures with S.W. Conser on KBOO Radio
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Leanne Grabel recounts her teenage rape and aftermath in her graphic memoir Brontosaurus on Words and Pictures with S.W. Conser on KBOO Radio
Leanne Grabel recounts her teenage rape and aftermath in her graphic memoir Brontosaurus on Words and Pictures with S.W. Conser on KBOO Radio
A graphic memoir about rape

 

Leanne Grabel is an Portland-based author, illustrator, and poet who has also run a café and performance space and taught in public schools and treatment centers.  She’s written books and produced spoken-word shows, including The Lighter Side of Chronic Depression and Anger: The Musical.

Her newest book is the graphic memoir Brontosaurus Illustrated, about the rape she survived fifty years ago as a teenager.  Leanne sits down with S.W. Conser to talk about her experience channeling trauma into creativity and adventure.

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