{"id":10348,"date":"2017-05-22T20:14:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T00:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10348"},"modified":"2017-12-23T12:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:23:29","slug":"episode-219-keiler-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-219-keiler-roberts","title":{"rendered":"Episode 219 – Keiler Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 219: Keiler Roberts<\/a><\/p>\n

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“My drawing is as close as it can be to my handwriting. It’s what comes out without too much thought.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cartoonist Keiler Roberts<\/a> joins the show to talk about her new book, Sunburning<\/a> (Koyama Press). Oh, and parenthood, bipolar disorder, the avoidance of style, learning art while teaching art, making snap judgements about parents, having the world’s worst wedding photos, the temptation of shaping real life to generate a good story, trimming a 150-page memoir down to 12 pages, and why she cried when she got a blurb from Roz Chast! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Sunburning<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“My parenting advice is: lower your expectations for your kids and don’t make them feel special.” (I think she was joking.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n