On Writing Memoir and NOT Autobiography: A Ruth Chan Q&A on Uprooted

When I was at the last American Library Association Annual Conference this past June I had a few goals in mind. One of them was to get my hands on a certain graphic novel that was getting all kinds of attention. Called Uprooted by Ruth Chan, the book falls squarely into the graphic memoir genre that’s been doing so well since the rise of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile. Ruth Chan has always been better known for her work on picture books like How Old Is Mr. Tortoise? or Have You Seen Gordon? Now she’s ...