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.

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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.

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