"A mysterious diary in Nana's room becomes a portal to the Land of Magic, home to a little witch named Majoko. The quiet Nana and the not-so-quiet Majoko quickly become friends. No matter how shy she is, Nana can't help but be pulled into Majoko's big adventures!"--cover, p.4.

"What begins as an affectionate reminiscence of Mannie Murphy's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix--specifically his role in Gus Van Sant's classic film, My Own Private Idaho--slowly transforms into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's long and shameful history of white nationalism. Told in the style of an illustrated diary, with wet, blue ink washes, the form reveals the author to...