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Lee Lai

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Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (known as Montreal, Quebec).
She has been featured in The New Yorker, McSweeneys and The New York Times, and was recently named one of the 5 under 35 honorees by the National Book Foundation. Her first graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was released last year with Fantagraphics, Sarbacane, Coconino and other publishers. Mostly, she writes about people eating, talking, and making questionable decisions.

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	Stone Fruit 4.05 avg rating — 4,954 ratings — published 2021 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy by Joamette Gil (Editor), Z. Akhmetova (Contributor), Chlove (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSweeney's #62: The Queer Fiction Issue by Patrick Cottrell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dave Eggers (Editor), Claire Boyle (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Métal Hurlant Vol. 1: Le Futur c'est déjà demain by Various, Diego Agrimbau (Goodreads Author), Mathieu Bablet 3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Year 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	š! #37 'Down Down Under' (š!, #37) by Kuš! (Editor), Ashley Ronning, Bailey Sharp 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rencontres by Alex A., Lily Spectrum, Kurt Beaulieu really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advice Comics #1 by Michael Hawkins (Writer), Katie Parrish (Writer), Andrew Connor (Writer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cannon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Head-Heart Start For Life: Creative Mindful Discoveries for Young Children by Janet Etty-Leal, Lee Lai (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Our Missing Hearts

by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author)

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The Idiot

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Manhunt

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Lee Lai rated a book really liked it Acting Class by Nick Drnaso	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lee Lai rated a book it was amazing Roaming by Jillian Tamaki	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
People seem to be having a hard time with the slightly listless plot in this one, but I approached this one more as a short story than a novel, and that helped with my deep enjoyment of the narrative. The pleasure in this one is in the details– as al ...more
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Lee Lai rated a book it was amazing Roaming by Jillian Tamaki	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
People seem to be having a hard time with the slightly listless plot in this one, but I approached this one more as a short story than a novel, and that helped with my deep enjoyment of the narrative. The pleasure in this one is in the details– as al ...more
Nov 28, 2023 01:47PM · 6 likes · like · see review
Lee Lai and 68 other people liked Dave Schaafsma's review of Roaming: "Congrats for the Eisner 2024 Best Graphic Album—New: Roaming, by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly). Okay, see below, where I disagreed with the esteemed judges. But I am a big fan of the Tamakis! Well! I thought this was just okay. " Read more of this review »
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