Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes

Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes, published by Street Noise Books in 2024, is a single-issue graphic biography that distills the fierce, unconventional life of the modernist writer and artist. Through a blend of archival research and expressive illustration, the comic traces Barnes's journey from her bohemian youth in Greenwich Village to her years in Paris's expatriate literary scene, capturing her sharp wit and uncompromising vision. It matters as a focused, accessible entry point into a figure whose influence on 20th-century literature remains profound.