Precious Rubbish Kayla E Stephen Shore folding in on themselves

folding in on themselves

and an original contribution by celebrated poet Dawn Lundy Martin

Emulating her idol Poly Styrene

Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet's Landfall

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago

Precious Rubbish Kayla E Stephen Shore folding in on themselvesIf an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel Ive finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember. Kayla E.s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid century childrens comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest.