Canadian-American writer and graphic artist (1976–2019)
Teva Harrison (August 20, 1976, Williams, Oregon , U.S. – April 28, 2019, Toronto, Ontario , Canada)[ 1] was a Canadian-American writer and graphic artist. She was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 37, and began to document her experiences with the terminal illness using illustrations and essays.[ 2] Her works were compiled into a graphic memoir called In-Between Days .[ 3] The book was a finalist for the 2016 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction ,[ 4] and put Harrison on the list of 16 Torontonians to Watch.[ 5] Harrison won the 2016 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize ,[ 1] and was a finalist for the 2017 Joe Shuster Award for Cartoonist/Auteur.[ 6]
She also published The Joyful Living Colouring Book [ 7] in 2016, and a posthumous collection of poetry of drawings, Not One of These Poems is About You was published in January 2020.[ 8]
She wrote for The Walrus ,[ 9] Granta ,[ 10] and HuffPost ,[ 11] and was featured in the Globe and Mail ,[ 12] Creative Mornings ,[ 13] HuffPost Canada ,[ 14] [ 15] Kirkus Review s ,[ 16] The New York Times ,[ 17] [ 18] and WNYC .[ 19] She also spoke on CBC Radio about her experience.[ 20] [ 21] She became a respected voice on issues around metastatic breast cancer,[ 22] opioids,[ 23] and the power of nature.[ 24] [ 25]
Harrison's art was featured in a solo exhibition[ 26] at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2017, and she was the lead illustrator of Draw Me Close , a virtual-reality theatre production, created by Jordan Tannahill and co-produced by the National Theatre and the National Film Board . Sections of Draw Me Close were featured at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and the 74th Venice Film Festival .[ 27] Draw Me Close was to have its North American premiere with Toronto's Soulpepper in 2020.
^ a b van Koeverden, Jane (2019-04-28). "Teva Harrison, award-winning Toronto cartoonist, dead at 42" . CBC Books . Retrieved 2019-04-30 .
^ "Teva Harrison – Wordfest" . wordfest.com . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Cancer patient Teva Harrison draws on her inner strength | Toronto Star" . thestar.com . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Past GGBooks winners and finalists" . Governor General's Literary Awards . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Sixteen Torontonians to watch in 2016" . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "The 2017 Joe Shuster Awards Receives This Year's Nominees" . CGMagazine . 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "The Joyful Living Colouring Book" . House of Anansi Press . Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ van Koeverden, Jane (2019-07-19). "Teva Harrison's illustrated poetry collection to be posthumously published in Jan. 2020" . CBC . Retrieved 2019-11-06 .
^ "Teva Harrison | The Walrus" . thewalrus.ca . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Teva Harrison" . Granta Magazine . Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "Teva Harrison" . HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "Writing graphic memoir was this woman's answer to terminal cancer" . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Teva Harrison | CreativeMornings/TO" . CreativeMornings . 22 March 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Living With Cancer | HuffPost Canada" . HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Memoir | HuffPost Canada" . HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ IN-BETWEEN DAYS by Teva Harrison | Kirkus Reviews .
^ Ulinich, Anya (2017-05-16). "Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ Gubar, Susan (2017-10-12). "Cancer Humor" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ Teva Harrison's 'In-Between Days' , retrieved 2018-03-22
^ "Teva Harrison on turning living with incurable cancer into art | CBC Radio" . CBC . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ "Teva Harrison, Michael Coren | CBC News" . CBC . Retrieved 2018-03-22 .
^ Allen, Corrina. "Why everyone needs to start talking about Metastatic Breast Cancer" . The Loop . Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ Harrison, Teva (2018-08-23). "The Other Side of Fentanyl" . The Walrus . Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "Above the Tree Line" . Granta Magazine . 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "This Is Why I Collect Four-Leaf Clovers (It's Not for Luck)" . Reader's Digest . 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2019-11-07 .
^ "Winnipeg Art Gallery exhibit aims to inspire hope" . Global News . Retrieved 2019-10-28 .
^ "VR takes to the stage: How Jordan Tannahill's latest project weaves a virtual narrative" . Retrieved 2019-10-28 .