Reposted by Kay SohiniNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026And to this, what I said here - that we could spend time thinking alongside Calvino and getting to know the way his mind works, its quirks, how he made unexpected connections. What a gift! We must never give that up… 1101
Reposted by Kay SohiniGraphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Lilian Nyamongo reviews THIS BEAUTIFUL RIDICULOUS CITY by Kay Sohini (@kaysohini.bsky.social), published by Ten Speed Graphic (a @crownpublishing.bsky.social imprint) www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...graphicmedicine.orgThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City – A Graphic Memoir | Graphic Medicineby Lilian Nyamongo Content Advisory: This book contains discussion of suicide with some suicidal imagery. The crisis Lifeline number in the U.S. and Canada is 988, in the U.K. it’s 999; and for elsewh... 114
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This easily belongs in the "Greatest Comics of All Time" category. Breathtaking artistry. 230
Reposted by Kay SohiniBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The Discourse on Bluesky has turned to understandable concerns about the lack of comics commentary outlets. So just a reminder we're still here championing exciting new voices, showcasing genuinely indie work, and prioritising marginalised creators. www.brokenfrontier.com/about/brokenfrontier.comAbout – Broken FrontierBroken Frontier - who we are and what we do. Find out about BF's mission to champion emerging and marginalised voices here. 717689
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I interviewed Tessa Hulls! Her graphic memoir, FEEDING GHOSTS won the Pulitzer for memoir in 2025. A first for comics as the only other example is MAUS, which won in a special category all the way back in 1992 before I was born! Coincidentally, Prof Diedrich is teaching it come Fall. Lucky students! 022
Reposted by Kay SohiniAndy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The nine fantastic folk at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social who have joined me in exploring the comics universe for you. Full details on our team page here, including social media links: www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/ Please give them a follow across socials! 2187
Reposted by Kay SohiniBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Broken Frontier Andytorial for May, 2026 – Welcoming Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social, Andrea Magbual, Harish P. I and Lara Boyle to the Broken Frontier Team! www.brokenfrontier.com/andytorial/brokenfrontier.comBroken Frontier Andytorial for May, 2026 - Welcoming Kay Sohini, Andrea Magbual, Harish P. I and Lara Boyle to the Broken Frontier Team! – Broken FrontierFour new Broken Frontier recruits get a shout-out in this month's 'Andytorial' plus a reminder of Pride Month. 085
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A new page from the GN for which we could not find a publisher. Sometimes you have to keep going in the face of rejections. The economy of comics is such that it is very difficult to justify drawing very detailed pages, but the heart wants what it wants. 151
Reposted by Kay SohiniAndy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Delighted to welcome @kaysohini.bsky.social to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social team! 0115
Reposted by Kay SohiniFanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @lisadiedrich.bsky.social & @briwok.bsky.social on the Release of ‘Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine’ Through PSU Press’ Graphic Medicine Series @graphicmedicine.bsky.social @thebaddoctor.bsky.social @comicnurse.bsky.socialfanbasepress.comFanbase Press Interviews Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino on the Release of ‘Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine’ Through PSU Press’ Graphic Medicine Series - FanbasepressThe following is an interview with Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino regarding the recent release of Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine as part of the 079
Reposted by Kay SohiniBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Review! This Beautiful, Ridiculous City – Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social Takes a Resonant Personal Journey through New York in this Standout Graphic Memoir. www.brokenfrontier.com/this-beautif...brokenfrontier.comThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City - Kay Sohini Takes a Resonant Personal Journey through New York in this Standout Graphic Memoir – Broken FrontierGraphic memoir and psychogeographical exploration are at the fore in Kay Sohini's 'This Beautiful, Ridiculous City'. 0125
Reposted by Kay SohiniNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 04/02/2026the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers. 1050190
Reposted by Kay SohiniPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026"We’re witnessing a murder," writes @ashleyrparker.bsky.social. "Jeff Bezos ... and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Murder of The Washington PostToday’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special. 50480181
Reposted by Kay SohiniMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13/12/2025#Libfaves25 Day 6: THIS BEAUTIFUL RIDICULOUS CITY by Kay Sohini I feel like books that release early in the year often get lost on these best of lists. Make sure Kay's beautiful memoir - and love letter to a city, something we don't see much of anymore - is on your radar. 1223
Reposted by Kay SohiniShawn Gilmore @gipperfish.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Me, last Fall: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v3h9j... 1536
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 06/07/2025My review of four new graphic novels in the today’s Washington Post, edited by Jacob Brogan. Gift link: wapo.st/3TZauRy 020
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This Beautiful Ridiculous City now has a study guide made by the good folks at @newamericanhistory.bsky.social! resources.newamericanhistory.org/this-beautif...resources.newamericanhistory.orgThis Beautiful Ridiculous City • New American HistoryAt New American History, we’re committed to helping students see how current events take their shape from history. Our tools and resources are free and freely available to all educators, intended to u... 122
Reposted by Kay Sohinimiriam kent @miriamkent.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Spotted in the wild @kaysohini.bsky.social's graphic memoir (among the classics) at the Book Hive in Norwich 121
Reposted by Kay SohiniPlease send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks! @100onbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025when I say "finished This Beautiful, Ridiculous City" I mean I read it on one day (Monday 19th May) and I enjoyed it *so so much* that post-colonial experience HITS, ok??? #BookSky 💙📚 121
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Found out that THIS BEAUTIFUL RIDICULOUS CITY is one of the most sold books to public libraries! 😮 010
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 05/05/2025For @washingtonpost.com, I illustrated an interactive comic about how auroras appear in our skies. Words and science by Kasha Patel. Art direction by Hannah Good, and brought to life by Emily Wright and Emma Kumer. Had so much fun collaborating, imagining, and drawing this piece. wapo.st/4k84ktFwapo.stScientists have unraveled the science that brings aurora to our skies. See how it happens.Visualize the science behind the glow of the northern lights, as it travels from the Sun to the Earth. 150
Reposted by Kay SohiniNew American History @newamericanhistory.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Coming soon-our newest collaboration with @kaysohini.bsky.social !  #FreeComicBookDay 131
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Curated this list of Spring 2025 Graphic Novels with Jacob Brogan for The Washington Post. What fun! wapo.st/4kZBFrMwapo.st4 new graphic novels to fill your spring days with color and mysteryPrepare to rethink ancient myths, explore the depths of the human mind and do more in these new books by Anders Nilsen, María Medem, Jason Novak and Rachel Ang. 030
Reposted by Kay SohiniComicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Graphic Novel Review: THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY is the literary graphic memoir you’ve been looking for This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is Kay Sohini's new graphic memoir about her experiences moving to New York City, and so much more.comicsbeat.comGraphic Novel Review: THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY is the literary graphic memoir you’ve been looking forThis Beautiful, Ridiculous City is Kay Sohini's new graphic memoir about her experiences moving to New York City, and so much more. 0144
Reposted by Kay SohiniJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 15/03/2025Wonderful panel at #MoCCA on the past and present of NYC featuring @mattielubchansky.com @kaysohini.bsky.social & Frances Jetter moderated by @comixace.bsky.social 1151
Reposted by Kay SohiniJean, em dash enthusiast @jburkespraker.bsky.social · 22/02/20259. This Beautiful, Ridiculous City by Kay Sohini. Rec: @gauravsabnis.bsky.social Graphic memoir presents such a fascinating opportunity to blend text and images. Kay Sohini’s debut is everything you want in a graphic memoir: vivid, captivating, bittersweet, reflective. Read: @libbyapp.bsky.socialshare.libbyapp.comThis Beautiful, Ridiculous CityA vibrant graphic memoir of a woman - an immigrant, a survivor, a writer, a foodie, and, ultimately, an optimist - who rebuilds her life in New York City while recovering from the trauma of an abusive... 143
Reposted by Kay SohiniLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Happening next week‼️ If you haven't yet read @kaysohini.bsky.social's book, I HIGHLY recommend it. Lots to talk about‼️ 011
Reposted by Kay SohiniJoe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Hey @kaysohini.bsky.social, check out the company your book is keeping in the wild!!!! @nsousanis.bsky.social (among other greats!) at McNally Jackson Books 271
Reposted by Kay SohiniNed @thewesterhazys.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Finally picked up this beautiful book by @kaysohini.bsky.social. Whole family is into it! 021
Reposted by Kay SohiniDave Chisholm @davechisholmcomics.com · 17/02/2025Flipping through the third issue of SPECTRUM (plus a bonus surprise), which comes out February 19th! Very proud of this issue, published by @madcavestudios.com written by @riqkquinn.bsky.social with art by me. 📷 13611
Reposted by Kay SohiniLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Fabulous review of @kaysohini.bsky.social's This Beautiful, Ridiculous City. Maureen Corrigan writes that Sohini's graphic memoir "affirms the enduring power of New York & the power of literature to give people the courage to cross all manner of borders." www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...npr.org'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new booksKay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time. 182
Reposted by Kay SohiniBina007 @bina007.bsky.social · 09/02/2025My book buddies do not disappoint. Spread the word about this beautiful, thought-provoking, evocative book! I even gave it to my mum who has never read a graphic novel in her life. This Beautiful, Ridiculous City by Kay Sohini. @kaysohini.bsky.social #booksky #bookrecommendation 062
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 08/02/2025“Visually, “This Beautiful, Ridiculous City” is a tour de force…The effect is a work of careful artisanship rivaling some of Sohini’s self-professed mentors and guides in comics storytelling: Alison Bechdel and Kristen Radtke and Thi Bui.” —Tahneer Oksman, The Washington Post. 0237
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 07/02/2025A reviewer just accused me of using "Computer effects" to make my art. People who know me have seen me develop my style over the years. I have all the Procreate files with dozens of layers to prove everything is hand drawn!! I know bad reviews come with the territory. But this is unacceptable. 3100
Reposted by Kay SohiniNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Started...Going: finished intro to the book on teaching w/Unflattening! My thumbnails from last April & when I went to make the actual pages in Nov/Dec & realized usable page dimensions were 4x7"! An additional challenge, but geeked at how it came together! I think the book comes out in spring... 3517
Reposted by Kay SohiniBina007 @bina007.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Absolutely adored this beautiful, moving graphic novel by @kaysohini.bsky.social - about the author falling in love with New York through cinema, TV and great writers and what we leave behind when we move country… #booksky #newyork 021
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My book has now been reviewed by NPR Fresh Air! The attention TBRC has been getting is beyond what I could have ever hoped for. So grateful to everyone who led me here. And my parents, for surrounding me with books growing up, despite everything gnarly life threw at them. www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n... 161
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Excited to share that the book launch for my debut book THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY which has received praise from The Washington Post, AP News, Financial Times, etc, will be held at the SNFL branch of the New York Public Library on February 27. The event is free and open to all. 251
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Hello from a day of too many meetings but impeccable sunshine! 040
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 03/02/2025This Beautiful, Ridiculous City in the Sunday Washington Post! 😊 071
Reposted by Kay SohiniGaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Columbia disaster was the first time I cried as an adult in front of someone. Mostly for Kalpana Chawala. She was such a real time inspiration! Indian, woman, immigrant, engineer, astronaut! Real life superhero! Gone too early. @kaysohini.bsky.social made this www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...weteachnyc.orgSensational Stories #1 | WeTeachNYCThe Department of Social Studies and Civics collaborated with Kay Sohini to create Sensational Stories #1: Real Life Heroes, a Hidden Voices comic under the Civics for All Comics Group imprint. In the... 1141
Reposted by Kay SohiniNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Spotted in the wild at @comixexperience.bsky.social - congratulations @kaysohini.bsky.social for your beautiful (& not at all ridiculous) debut! I strongly recommend this smart & gorgeous book! But don’t take my word for it - look at the blurbs! (and ooh, from Isabel Greenberg too- I love her work!) 2163
Reposted by Kay SohiniAll Of It, with Alison Stewart @allofitwnyc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Coming up today on the show: We’ll be talking with two of the founders of the Blue Man group It’s the 25th anniversary of D’Angelo’s “Voodoo” 😍 Lloyd Rose of “Island Vegan” is here 🌱 We’ll learn @kaysohini.bsky.social’s coming to NY story— and we want to know yours Live at noon on WNYC.org!wnyc.orgWNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, NewsWNYC is America's most listened-to public radio station and the producer of award-winning programs and podcasts like Radiolab, On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show. 042
Kay Sohini @kaysohini.bsky.social · 29/01/2025This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is in @washingtonpost.com today! I am still processing this incredible review of my very first book but you can read it here via a gift link: wapo.st/3Ehmb1B 153
Reposted by Kay SohiniAndrew Donkin @andrewdonkin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Delighted to see my NY friend’s @kaysohini new graphic novel, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, is The Observer’s GN of the month here in the UK. “A stirring Hymn” to New York. Congrats Kay! #graphicnovels #books #NYC #comics 021