Comics Alternative Interviews: Roz Chast

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Time Codes: 00:00:24 - Introduction 00:02:38 - Setup of interview 00:04:40 - Interview with Roz Chast 01:12:04 - Wrap up 01:13:54 - Contact us Paul and Derek are pleased to have on The Comics Alternative the great cartoonist, Roz Chast. Her new book, Going into Town: A Love Letter to New York, was recently released by Bloomsbury Publishing. The Two Guys have been longtime fans of Chast's offbeat and hilarious New Yorker strips for years, and they spend a good bit of time talking with their guest about how she has translated that sense of humor into a long-form narrative. They also talk with Chast about her previous book, Can't We Please Talk about Something More Pleasant?, her memoir on living with aging parents, and how her mother and father find prominent places in the latest work. Along the way, Chast discusses her process of writing -- she indiscriminately explores narrative paths to see what does and doesn't work -- her unique non-comic-book community of cartoonist colleagues, and her experiences editing last year's Best American Comics volume. And of course, she spends a lot of time talking about her experiences and love of Manhattan, complete with its mind-blowing variety of restaurants, its subway system, its out-of-the-way specialty shops, its giant waterbugs, and the annoyance of rat afterbirth. Yes, rat afterbirth.

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