Episode Ninety: Amy Kurzweil

In This Episode:

For the first time ever, a graphic memoirist stops by the Damn Library in the form of Amy Kurzweil, author of the graphic memoir Flying Couch! She also draws New Yorker cartoons! Listen as we chat about form and tone, board games and heartbreak, and more. We also get into Riad Sattouf's Arab of the Future, and why the graphic memoir is such a great medium! We hope it DRAWS you in!

The Ep. 90 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Flying Couch by Amy Kurzweil
Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Amy: The Liar's Club by Mary Karr // To Be a Machine by Mark O'Connell
Christopher: Dead Elvis by Greil Marcus // The Elvis Treasures by Robert Gordon
Drew: Present by Leslie Stein

ALSO MENTIONED:

Lit by Mary Karr
The Art of the Memoir by Mary Karr
Cherry by Mary Karr
Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
A Bintel Brief by Liana Finck
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Building Stories by Chris Ware
Artificial by Amy Kurzweil
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Amy: Life in Hell by Matt Groening
Christopher: High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Drew: I'm Supposed to Protect You From All This by Nadja Spiegelman // Arctic Monkeys' "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"

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