One of her poems was included in an anthology of works by contemporary female poets, and she published a collection of poems and drawings titled Looking for Lola: Poems & Drawings by Morgan Sanders. The panels were later gathered into a single book, The Branwell Snitbook: The Complete Branwell Snit Cat Comix (2016). It was inspired by a real cat whose creative sleeping, gourmet sensibilities, and passion for music were Morgan’s inspiration. Featuring art by French illustrator Philippe Fix, the book was published in 1969 as a Weekly Reader Children’s Book Club Edition and featured Alexander, a smiling alligator from China the old lady he lived with and the new friends they made-including a brindle cat, a magical mouse, and a yak-when the town below them was threatened by 30 days of rain.Īs Morgan Sanders, she created a weekly comic strip for a New York City community newspaper in the ’70s that featured the feline antics of Branwell E. One of her greatest accomplishments as an author was Alexander and the Magic Mouse, written as Martha Sanders. She taught art at Columbia Grammar School, worked as a writer and freelance artist, and wrote poetry. Upon graduating, she went to New York City to make her mark. When she came to Reed from Salt Lake City, Martha Clapp (as she was then known) majored in literature and wrote her thesis, “Symbol and Value in E.M.
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