Memoir 'I Thought You Loved Me' by MariNaomi Arrives This November

 'I Thought You Loved Me' is a memoir told in prose, collage, and sequential art 

Jodie was Mari’s best friend through their teens and twenties, and Mari can barely remember her. As young Mari began to explore her identity as a bisexual, biracial woman in a rich, white town, Jodie was a constant confidant, even kissing Mari out of the closet. The two were inseparable as they sought to gain a foothold on life and love as young feminists, Jodie an entrepreneurial sex worker, and Mari in the boys’ club of video game development in the late ‘90s. Then, suddenly and mysteriously, the relationship ended. Years later, Mari found out the reason why.

The reader follows in real-time as the author unravels her own mystery, examining the expectations of friendship, the unreliability of memory, and the struggle to let go.

MariNaomi's comics and paintings have been exhibited at the Smithsonian, the deYoung Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American museum. Mari is the founder/administrator of databases for Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists. Mari's works include Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22, Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories, Turning Japanese, I Thought You Hated Me, and the Life on Earth trilogy. Mari is proud that the first book in the trilogy Losing the Girl has been banned.

 'I Thought You Loved Me' will be published on November 6, 2022, by Amble Press.