Surviving the City spirituality he and his family have

he and his family have lived a life of late-night exits and narrow escapes--always on the move across the South to stay one step ahead of the law

the variety of narrative forms

prose and verse poems that were his response to that long season between the thunderstorms of autumn and spring

Igvillu loves living in the North

Surviving the City spirituality he and his family haveTasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her