Jean Braithwaite, Edinburg, Texas, is associate professor of English at the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley, where she teaches comics among other courses. Braithwaite is comics editor at riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature. Her previous book was a literary memoir, FAT: The Story of My Life with My Body, and she has published in periodicals including the Sun, New York Times, North American Review, and Henry James Review.