Briana Loewinsohn

Jan 23, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Ibi Zoboi |Yusef Salaam |Briana Loewinsohn |Nora Neus

Fifteen-year-old Marisol—a soucouyant, or shape-shifting witch, who turns into a flying fireball once a month and feeds on other people’s life forces—longs to escape her magical legacy and wishes she could have a different life. Far away from the monsters and myths back home in the Caribbean and trying to forge a new path in New York City, she and her mother eke out an existence working at a bakery owned by their boss and landlord, Jean-Pierre.

Jan 23, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Briana Loewinsohn |Ibi Zoboi |Nora Neus |Ryan Wolf

Sascha Alper, illus. by Jerry and Brian Pinkney. Random House/Schwartz, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-30912-4Drawing on a parable often told by activist Wangari Maathai, a note acknowledges, this simply articulated tale from debut author Alper delivers an unmistakably crucial message. In a “vast, beautiful” land with “room for everyone”—birds, monkeys, snakes, and giant cats—a tiny hummingbird makes a nest. Then a spark lands on a leaf, setting a quickly moving fire.

Jan 23, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Nora Neus |Briana Loewinsohn |Ibi Zoboi |Ryan Wolf

Nora Neus, illus. by Julie Robine. Little, Brown Ink, $25.99 hardcover 
(304p); $18.99 paper ISBN 978-0-316-43983-1; 
ISBN 978-0-3164-3993-0A determined teen spending the summer with her wealthy aunt and uncle in 1880s New York City eschews societal expectations to find a suitor, instead working as a stunt reporter to expose the city’s injustices in a gripping historical graphic novel by Muhammad Najem, War Reporter creators Neus and Robine.

Nov 22, 2024 | kqed.org | Briana Loewinsohn

This week, KQED is proud to present Movie Theaters We Have Lost by Briana Loewinsohn, a cartoonist, teacher and author of the upcoming graphic memoir Raised By Ghosts, about growing up in the East Bay. At a time of unprecedented movie theater closures, Briana illustrates her memories of shuttered East Bay theaters, and the ways they adorned our lives. Today’s installment is The Parkway in Oakland, which closed in 2009 (and was reborn three years later in a new location).

Nov 21, 2024 | kqed.org | Briana Loewinsohn

This week, KQED is proud to present Movie Theaters We Have Lost by Briana Loewinsohn, a cartoonist, teacher and author of the upcoming graphic memoir Raised By Ghosts, about growing up in the East Bay. At a time of unprecedented movie theater closures, Briana illustrates her memories of shuttered East Bay theaters, and the ways they adorned our lives. Today’s installment is the UC Theatre in Berkeley, which is now a live music venue.