When to Pick a Pomegranate Laura Gao " Barbara Becker reminds us

" Barbara Becker reminds us in her debut memoir Heartwood

out of print for almost a century

From the small Illinois county board where he got his start

they include a wide range of rarely anthologized sources: raunchy poems

until the appearance of the intriguing and spirited Freddie Metcalfe forces her to reevaluate much more than she thought she needed to

When to Pick a Pomegranate Laura Gao " Barbara Becker reminds us"I want to tear these thoughts out of my flesh. How could I forget just how rotten I am?" In this collection of contemplative and cathartic short comics, the pomegranate Anar and the woman Guli exist as reflections of each other repellent to one another and yet inexorably drawn together once more. As they evolve through each story, proceeding through the stages of the plant life cycle, they take on new roles: muse and artist, gardener and seed, lover