{"id":11415,"date":"2018-05-07T14:52:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2018-06-23T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:30:17","slug":"episode-268-roz-chast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-268-roz-chast","title":{"rendered":"Episode 268 – Roz Chast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 268:
\nRoz Chast LIVE!<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Living on the Upper West Side in my 20s was the first time in my life when I thought my life was not going to be a complete cratering shitshow disaster.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Live from MoCCA<\/a> 2018, Roz Chast<\/a> rejoins the show to talk about her 40-year+ career as the “different-different-different” cartoonist at The New Yorker<\/em><\/a>, what her workday is like, why she avoids topical and political cartooning, the joy of drawing on an iPad and the fun of Instagram<\/a>, and more! We get into her new book, Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York<\/a>\"\" (Bloomsbury USA), and her issues with the suburbs, like learning to drive at 38 and being scared of having a basement. We also discuss the transition to a new cartoon editor at The New Yorker<\/em> who’s the same age as her kids, the recent shift in gender representation, and the gags she couldn’t have made before she lost her parents. Plus: audience Q& A! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York<\/a>\"\" and Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“When I watched James Bond movies as a kid, I didn’t fantasize about being Pussy Galore. Reading Tom Sawyer, I didn’t wait for more segments on Aunt Polly so I could identify.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n