Rachel Zucker speaks with Mira Jacob, author and illustrator of a newly released graphic memoir Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Zucker and Jacob speak about “the gaze of disbelief,” racism, raising sons in the age of Trump, the relationship between humor and anger, the lonely exhilaration of immersing oneself in a new medium, the challenges and pleasures of translating text into audio and the complicated work of making art about yourself, your children, family and friends.
EXTRA RESOURCES FOR EPISODE 71Books by MIra JacobGood Talk (One World, 2019)
The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing (Random House, 2015)
Other Books and Writers Mentioned in the EpisodeBill Cheng
Dani Shapiro
Jed Rothstein
Susan Sontag’s On Photography (Picador)
Charlie Hebdo
Other Relevant LinksTastyTuts
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Episode 76: Ada Limón
Episode 75: Victoria Chang
Episode 74: Rachel Zucker's SoundMachine
Episode 73: Jennifer Croft (Translation Series Ep. 3)
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Episode 67: John Biewen
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Episode 65: Hillary Frank
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Episode 63: Juliana Spahr
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