Writer Leah Williams: X-Men, Barbarella/Dejah Thoris & "make it queer"
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English - January 21, 2019 17:30 - 1 hour - 71 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture comic book comic graphic novel marvel comics dc comics image comics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Leah Williams is an American writer originally from Oxford, Mississippi. She writes comics for Marvel, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, and more. Her debut novel was a YA Fantasy book titled The Alchemy of Being Fourteen and she is currently writing its sequel, The Divinity of Hitting Fifteen. Leah has also written nonfiction articles and essays for The Atlantic, Oprah Magazine, and Salon. Visit Leah's website www.leahmedia.com
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