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Roz Chast

Bio: 
Roz Chast, a native of Brooklyn, began selling her cartoons to The New Yorker in 1978 and since then, over 800 of her drawings have appeared in the magazine. Her notably witty humor is regularly seen in such publications as Bon Appetit, The Harvard Business Review and Scientific America. In addition, she has published several collections of cartoons, illustrated children's books, and designed book jackets, CD covers and theater posters. A cartoonist who sees humor in all human interaction, Chast is known for casting a new and distinctly different twist on the everyday foibles of the human race. Chast originally studied painting at The Rhode Island School of Design, but her quirky sense of humor lead her instead to frequent the pages of The New Yorker.

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

Roz Chast
Artist talk and Q&A
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
01:07:12
ALOUD
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Episode Summary

New York Times bestselling author Roz Chast returns to ALOUD with her hilarious new graphic memoir, Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York. Chast is a native Brooklynite and quintessential New Yorker whose street cred is regularly on display in The New Yorker, where she’s published over 1,000 cartoons. But when she moved to the suburbs, navigating life filled with trees instead of garbage was surreal— although her kids would grow up thinking the opposite was true. On the occasion of her daughter leaving the suburbs to attend college in the city, Chast was inspired to create a city guide to her beloved home turf to help ease her daughter’s cultural shock. Filled with laugh-out-loud drawings, stories, maps, and more, Chast will take us on her personal tour of Manhattan.

Many of the wonderful cartoons referenced by Chast in this podcast recording can be perused on her website at rozchast.com.

Participant(s) Bio

Roz Chast grew up in Brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978, where she has since published more than one thousand. She wrote and illustrated the #1 NYT bestseller (100+ weeks) Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize winner and finalist for the National Book Award; What I Hate: From A to Z; and her cartoon collections The Party, After You Left and Theories of Everything.

Theories of Everything

In conversation with Louise Steinman
Monday, November 26, 2007
01:02:56
ALOUD
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Episode Summary
The New Yorker cartoonist who can explain phenomena such as \"The Museum of One's Kitchen\" (including the Refrigerator Door Gallery and the Cabinet of Many Teas) recently collaborated with Steve Martin on The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z.
Participant(s) Bio
Roz Chast, a native of Brooklyn, began selling her cartoons to The New Yorker in 1978 and since then, over 800 of her drawings have appeared in the magazine. Her notably witty humor is regularly seen in such publications as Bon Appetit, The Harvard Business Review and Scientific America. In addition, she has published several collections of cartoons, illustrated children's books, and designed book jackets, CD covers and theater posters. A cartoonist who sees humor in all human interaction, Chast is known for casting a new and distinctly different twist on the everyday foibles of the human race. Chast originally studied painting at The Rhode Island School of Design, but her quirky sense of humor lead her instead to frequent the pages of The New Yorker.

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