Once there, she gradually comes into her own as she learns more about queer life, people, and the world around her through a compelling cast of characters. After failing to come out to her family, she flies to Portland, Oregon for an internship with Harlowe Brisbane, a popular white feminist that Juliet admires. Juliet Palante is a nineteen-year-old newly out lesbian and budding feminist. Juliet Takes A Breath: The Graphic Novel Gabby Rivera (writer), Celia Moscote (illustrator and cover artist), James Fenner (colorist), DC Hopkins (letterer) Published by BOOM! Studios, the graphic novel gives its Puerto Rican lesbian protagonist new life. Now, the novel has been adapted into a graphic novel by writer Gabby Rivera, illustrator Celia Moscote, colorist James Fenner, and letterer DC Hopkins. Originally published in January 2016, Gabby Rivera’s debut novel Juliet Takes a Breath was a comforting read that I read as a recently out queer Black person in 2016.
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