Press & Reviews for The Keeper

The Keeper is a Finalist for the 2023 Ohioana Book Awards

I was featured in a splashy spread in Cincinnati Magazine!

Wonderful article in the April 2023 print issue. (view digital version here)

New York Times Book Review recommends The Keeper in its Holiday Gift Guide

"[The Keeper] reads at a brisk pace, though readers will certainly want to linger on the beautiful depictions of birds, people and scenes from her life. She weaves in historical context in graceful and necessary ways." (Read the full review here--no paywall.)

Publisher's Weekly calls The Keeper "a work of disarming emotional power."

"Like the best sports books, it’s really about life: she gets into feminism, freedom, art, women’s bodies, and the loneliness of the goalkeeper (she quotes from fellow keepers Camus and Nabokov). The result’s a winning argument for women’s sports as a gateway to freedom and self-determination."

Paul Allor calls The Keeper "an astonishingly, sneakily ambitious book."

Reviewed at the Indiana Author Awards

School Library Journal: Eight Graphic Works that Offer Fresh Perspectives on the Past

"[The Keeper] is about more than soccer, feminism, or writing; it’s a delightful blend of all three." (more here)

Publisher's Weekly Graphic Novel Critics Poll

The Keeper finds itself in a ginormous tie for the second tier of third place! :)

One of NY Public Library's "Nine New Graphic Novels To Put On Your List"

The Keeper is in some great company here.

Publisher's Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022

PW recommends The Keeper for your holiday gift needs!

Washington Post features my Title IX comic

I wrote an essay and comic for the Washington Post: "Title IX became law 50 years ago. Here's why it still matters."

"On Falling in Love with Goalkeeping" at Lit Hub

An excerpt of The Keeper featuring fellow goalkeepers Vladimir Nabokov and Albert Camus.

Excerpt of The Keeper at Publisher's Weekly Panel Mania

PW calls The Keeper an "exuberant and engaging graphic memoir" and publishes an excerpt featuring Lolita, Madonna, Prince, and the Pink Ladies.

Reviewed at Commons Comics

"Every time I began turning the pages too fast, carried away with the story, Ervick would slow me down, reminding me to savor the writing, the art, and especially the electricity created by the two in combination."

Comics Beat list of 75 anticipated graphic novels

Exciting list, and The Keeper is on it!

South Bend Tribune: "IUSB professor writes about her soccer career and Title IX in 'The Keeper'"

"It is funny. It is about feminism. It is about...growing up female and being an athlete." (link)

"The Keeper is a Winner!" Review at BG Daily News

"To every woman in sports who has lived a life cleaved in two, who has felt they must always be sacrificing a part of themselves for another, who has been asked to choose between unfit or objectified on the field, brutish or palpable at school, between girl and athlete, this book is for you."

Discussion Questions for Book Clubs & Teachers

Join the Asynchronous Book Club and check out this list of discussion questions and a drawing prompt for THE KEEPER at Autobiographix.

"A Goalkeeper Scores" Review at SOLRAD

Per the title of this review, "A Goalkeeper Scores," I really did score in a game when I punted a long ball on a short field against a bad team and somehow it went in!

Indiana University Celebrates Title IX and The Keeper

"Graphic Novel Pays Homage to the Heroes of Title IX," published as part of Indiana University's special feature on the 50th anniversary of Title IX.