Roz Chast

author of “Going Into Town,” The New Yorker

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Cartoonist for the New Yorker and author of the graphic memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

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Part of the pleasure of reading Roz Chast’s cartoons in the New Yorker is realizing your life isn’t so miserable after all.

Cartoonist Roz Chast on Manhattan: 'I feel more alive when I'm there'

Part of the pleasure of reading Roz Chast’s cartoons in the New Yorker is realizing your life isn’t so miserable after all.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s new book explores the ends of her parents’ lives in a funny, sad, and painfully honest account.

Roz Chast

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s new book explores the ends of her parents’ lives in a funny, sad, and painfully honest account.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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