In 2025 Maketank began a collaboration with the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library to share some of the stories from the Illustrated Memoir Project with the public. This will involve cataloging memoirs in the library’s digital repositories, but also filming videos of some authors reading their memoirs. Asifiwe Shema and Radha Duque Burbano were the first two chosen to participate in this pilot project. You can watch their videos below.

Memoir Videos

In August, 2021 we recorded a few of our amazing student authors and illustrators reading their memoirs to contribute to Cincinnati’s celebration of Welcoming Week.