New Yorker cartoonist and author Roz Chast has been added to the line-up of he NYCB Theatre at Westbury Conversations series. The moderated discussion with audience Q&A will take place on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. with a book signing to follow.
Chast has had more than 1,000 of her cartoon’s published in The New Yorker as well as published in The Village Voice, Scientific American and The Harvard Business Review. Her most recent published work is “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant,” published this year by Bloomsbury.
Chast is known for her cast of recurring characters – generally hapless but relatively cheerful “every-folk.” In her cartoons, she addresses the issues of our time: guilt, anxiety, aging, families, friends, money, real estate, and as she would say, “much, much more!” The editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick, has called her “the magazine’s only certifiable genius.”
She recently collaborated with Steve Martin on the children’s book “The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z!” published by Random House. Her children’s book, “Too Busy Marco,” was published by Simon & Schuster and released in the Fall of 2010. The sequel, “Marco Goes to School” was released in 2012. Her book for adults, “What I Hate: From A – Z” was published by Bloomsbury in October 2011. She has illustrated a book with songwriter Stephen Merritt called “101 Two-Letter Words “published in fall 2014.
Her newest book for adults is “Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?,” a book that chronicles her relationship with her aging parents as they shift from independence to dependence.
Using handwritten text, drawings, photographs, and her keen eye for the foibles that make us human, Chast addresses the realities of what it is to get old in America today – and what it is to have aging parents today – with tenderness and candor, and a good dose of her characteristic wit.
“Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant” is a New York Times 2014 Top Ten Best Book of the Year, 2014 National Book Award Finalist, the winner of the 2014 Kirkus Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the best books of 2014.
Chast’s newest book for children is titled “Around the Clock.”.
Tickets are $19.50 and $39.50. A limited number of tickets at $99 are available for a VIP Reception. Additionally, a $20 Student/Educator ticket price is also available using password “Conversation”. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Westbury box office (box office opens at 12:30 p.m.). All tickets are subject to service charges. Events, dates and times are subject to change. For more information, visit www.thetheatreatwestbury.com.
