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Wanting More From 'Imagine Wanting Only This'

Kristen Radtke is an experienced writer and artist, but her graphic memoir — about grief, loss and obsessive travel — disappoints with rudimentary illustrations and spotty storytelling.
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is both a puzzle and a letdown. It may be a debut graphic novel, but its author has no shortage of experience as a writer and artist — she's contributed to, among others, the , the and the , besides serving as the film and video editor at magazine and the managing editor of Sarabande Books. And yet in this work, Radtke gropes for something to say and fills her

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