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Toward the end of what is billed as a graphic memoir, kurzweil writing and comicsparson school of design reflects, the women in my family have certain stories. Cartoonist amy kurzweil on drawing inherited trauma. Amy weaves her own comingofage as a young jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and bubbe, her grandmother, a world war ii survivor who escaped from the warsaw ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. A graphic memoir, amy kurzweil was born in newton, massachusetts to father raymond kurzweil and mother sonya rosenwald kurzweil who were raised by parents that had lost everything in the holocaust. Trade paperback this retelling of the inherited holocaust narrative uses real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. Kurzweil has a ba from stanford university and an mfa from the new school. She is a new yorker magazine cartoonist and author of award winning book flying couch. Flying couch tells the story of three generations of women.

In her graphic memoir, flying couch, amy kurzweil explores her own identity as a granddaughter, a daughter, an artist, and a jew. A graphic memoir is a masterwork all the more notable in the fact that its author was only 29 when the book was published with critical acclaim including a new york times book editors choice among the seasons best graphic novels of 2016. Nov 09, 2016 elisha wagman sits down at the think coffee on 4th avenue with amy kurzweil, her good friend and fellow alumni of the mfa program at the new school, to discuss flying couch, kurzweils graphic memoir, which was published by catapult in october 2016. Elisha wagman sits down at the think coffee on 4th avenue with amy kurzweil, her good friend and fellow alumni of the mfa program at the new school, to discuss flying couch, kurzweils graphic memoir, which was published by catapult in october 2016 flying couch weaves kurzweils comingofage as a young jewish artist into the narrative of her. Amy kurzweil weaves her own comingofage as a young jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and bubbe, her. Sep 27, 2017 a compelling graphic memoir such as amy kurzweils flying couch evokes personal and cultural memory by way of gestures, poses, angles, text written sideways, poetic fragments, and arrowflung words imitating perception itself. Sep 29, 2016 the official book trailer for flying couch, a graphic memoir by amy kurzweil. A graphic memoir amy kurzweil also, choose one among. Amy weaves her own comingofage as a young jewish artist into the narrat, isbn 9781936787289 buy the flying couch.

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Amys maternal grandmother lily, born luba lost her whole family in the holocaust. Her prose has appeared in the toast, hobart, washington square and other publications. This acclaimed book by amy kurzweil is available at in several formats for your ereader. She survived by living as a christian with false identity papers.

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