President's Lecture Series presents Roz Chast
- Date/Time
- 10/05/2017 7:30 PM EST - 9:00 PM EST
- Location
- Ted Constant Convocation Center - Big Blue Room
- Description
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40th Annual Literary Festival Speaker
Roz Chast
New Yorker Magazine Cartoonist & Author
Roz Chast, a cartoonist for The New Yorker since 1978, is the author of "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?" It was the first graphic novel to win the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. The book, which chronicles her relationship with her aging parents, also was a National Book Award finalist. Her recently released book, "Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York," is a graphic memoir of her lifelong relationship with Manhattan.
Chast has written more than a dozen books for adults and others for children. She collaborated with comedian Steve Martin on "The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z!" Chast lives in Connecticut with her family and several parrots.
