Event Overview
What is a Graphic Medicine Pop-Up Library?
A pop-up library is a small, temporary library that appears in unexpected places around campus. You don’t need to register or even know about it in advance—just stop by and explore! The goal is to meet students, staff, and faculty where they are and introduce them to resources they might not otherwise encounter.
For this event, we’ll be highlighting Graphic Medicine texts—works that explore the connections between comics and healthcare.
Learn more about Graphic Medicine here: Graphic Medicine Guide
When and Where?
When: December 9th, 2025 from 12:30pm-2:30pm
Where: Baylor Sciences Building Atrium
Why?
The goal is to ignite curiosity and inspire students, faculty, and staff with fresh library materials. These resources can be enjoyed for personal reading, incorporated into course assignments, or even used to spark new research ideas. Pop-up libraries are designed to surprise and engage—helping you discover materials you might not otherwise come across.
Book List
All materials displayed at the pop-up will be available for checkout following the event. To find the book in the library catalog, simply click on the title that you are interested in.
List of Books Displayed at the Pop-Up
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Kid Gloves
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ISBN: 9781626728080Publication Date: 2019-02-26A New York Times bestseller If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and "good enough," you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she'd ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy plagued by health issues, up to a dramatic, near-death experience during labor and delivery. This moving, hilarious, and surprisingly informative memoir, Kid Gloves, not only follows Lucy's personal transition into motherhood but also illustrates the history and science of reproductive health from all angles, including curious facts and inspiring (and notorious) figures in medicine and midwifery. Whether you've got kids, want them, or want nothing to do with them, there's something in this graphic memoir to open your mind and heart. -
Wrinkles
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ISBN: 9780861662371Publication Date: 2015-01-22Admitted to a home for the elderly because he suffers from Alzheimer's disease, for Ernest community life feels like an ordeal. But soon he accepts his new environment and decides to fight to escape from giving in to his awful destiny. For the author, the human community is like a library where books are piled up in mountains populated by yellowing paper of dreams and fantasies. -
Lighter Than My Shadow
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ISBN: 9781941302415Publication Date: 2017-10-03"A gripping graphic novel about a woman's battle with eating disorders." -- The Guardian Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But in any life, a set of circumstances can collide, and normal behavior can soon shade into something sinister, something deadly. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak that they prey on the weak, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure and to eventually find happiness. -
Dumb
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ISBN: 9781683961161Publication Date: 2018-08-21Part memoir, part medical cautionary tale, Dumb tells the story of how an urban twentysomething copes with the everyday challenges that come with voicelessness. Webber adroitly uses the comics medium to convey the practical hurdles she faced as well as the fear and dread that accompanied her increasingly lonely journey to regain her life. Her raw cartooning style perfectly captures her frustration and anxiety. But her ordeal ultimately becomes a hopeful story when she learns to lean on the support of her close friend and finds self-expression in creating comics. -
My Degeneration
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ISBN: 9781637790892Publication Date: 2025-04-23At the age of forty-three, former Anchorage Daily News staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a disorder that, among other things, can rob a person of their ability to speak or write and degrades their ability to deal with complexity. In My Degeneration, Dunlap-Shohl recounts his attempt to come to grips with the "malicious whimsy" of this chronic, progressive, and disabling disorder with his characteristic humor and passion. This graphic novel tracks the author's journey through depression, juggling medications and weathering their side effects, the impact of the diagnosis on his personal relationships, and the raft of mental and physical changes wrought by the disease. But My Degeneration is more than a memoir--Dunlap-Shohl gives the person newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease the information necessary to cope with it on a day-to-day basis. He chronicles the changes that life with the disorder can bring to the way one sees the world and the way one is seen by the wider community. Above all, Dunlap-Shohl imparts a realistic basis for hope--hope not only to carry on but to enjoy a decent quality of life.
Suggest a title for the collection
Making a purchasing suggestion is easy:
- You can suggest an item for purchase using the OsoFast service (Link | OsoFast | Baylor University).
- Once you login, select the type of resource you are requesting and choose "Suggest for collection" under the drop-down menu for "Which best describes your level of need?"
- Be sure to provide as much information as possible including title, author, ISBN, publisher, publication year, etc.
Alternatively, you can reach out to me, Heidi Uhey (heidi_yarger@baylor.edu) or schedule an appointment using the button below
Teaching & Researching with Graphic Medicine
Graphic Medicine can be used in countless dynamic and engaging ways.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
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Course Integration: Use Graphic Medicine texts as assigned or optional readings to start discussions about healthcare, ethics, or patient experiences.
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Discussion Starters: Pair a short excerpt or comic with class dialogue on themes like empathy, mental health, or the doctor–patient relationship.
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Creative Assignments: Encourage students to create their own short health-related comic as a reflective or research-based project.
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Interdisciplinary Research: Explore how Graphic Medicine intersects with fields such as narrative medicine, health communication, psychology, and visual arts.
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Library Collaboration: Partner with librarians to design workshops or assignments that use Graphic Medicine as a tool for critical thinking and engagement with diverse perspectives.
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Start a Book Club: Start a Graphic Medicine book club with your fellow health sciences majors.
