Bread & Wine

By Samuel Delany, Mia Wolff,

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Written by black, gay science-fiction writer, professor, and theorist Samuel R. Delany, and drawn by artist/martial arts instructor Mia Wolff, Bread & Wine, based on the poem “Bread and Wine” by the German lyric poet Friedrich Holderlin, is a graphic autobiography that flashes back to the unlikely story of how…

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1 author picked Bread & Wine as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was overwhelmed with the loving simplicity of this beautifully rendered and highly charged romantic graphic novel. Reading it was akin to watching a film–I was drawn in and held tight until I had finished the last page.

Tender, emotional, cross-cultural, and cross-class, it resonated with me on so many levels but especially reaffirmed my belief that love is possible at any age and despite any obstacle.

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