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Emily Martin

Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.

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From the predecessors of the genre to the height of its popularity and how it endures today, this is the history of the magical girl.

Training My Brain to Read Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics are supposed to be easier to read than just text. So why does it take me a month to struggle through one?

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of this beloved anime/manga series. Celebrate with some Sailor Moon swag!