212: Amy Kurzweil (ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY) & Jason Lutes' BERLIN
In This Episode:
Amy Kurzweil stops into the Damn Library, physically, to talk about the physical object of her new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, which largely concerns AI. We discuss acapturing the details of her screens, the open question of the future, and what we keep from the past to get there. Plus, we delve into the many joys of Jason Lutes’ Berlin, a modern masterpiece, and the underlying prophetic nature of long projects.
THE EP. 212 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Amy: The Hike by Alison Farrell
Christopher: Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Flying Couch by Amy Kurzweil
2 AM at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Building Stories by Chris Ware
Transcendent Man (dir. Barry Ptolemy, 2009)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Marjorie Prime (2017, dir. Michael Almereyda)
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
Maus by Art Spiegelman
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Amy: This Country by Navied Mahdavian, God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O'Gieblyn
Christopher: Earth Angel by Madeline Cash
