A one-of-a-kind celebration of America's greatest comic strip - and
the life lessons it can teach us - from a stellar array of writers and
artists
Over the span of 50 years, Charles M. Schulz created a comic strip that
is one of the indisputable glories of American popular culture -
hilarious, poignant, inimitable. Some 20 years after the last strip
appeared, the characters Schulz brought to life in Peanuts continue to
resonate with millions of fans, their beguiling four-panel adventures
and television escapades offering lessons about happiness, friendship,
disappointment, childhood, and life itself.
In The Peanuts Papers, 33 writers and artists reflect on the deeper
truths of Schulz's deceptively simple comic, its impact on their lives
and art and on the broader culture. These enchanting, affecting, and
often quite personal essays show just how much Peanuts means to its
many admirers - and the ways it invites us to ponder, in the words of
Sarah Boxer, "how to survive and still be a decent human being" in an
often bewildering world. Featuring essays, memoirs, poems, and two
original comic strips, here is the ultimate listener's companion for
every Peanuts fan.
Featuring:
Jill Bialosky
Lisa Birnbach
Sarah Boxer
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Ivan Brunetti
Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Rich Cohen
Gerald Early
Umberto Eco
Jonathan Franzen
Ira Glass
Adam Gopnik
David Hajdu
Bruce Handy
David Kamp
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chuck Klosterman
Peter D. Kramer
Jonathan Lethem
Rick Moody
Ann Patchett
Kevin Powell
Joe Queenan
Nicole Rudick
George Saunders
Elissa Schappell
Janice Shapiro
Mona Simpson
Leslie Stein
Clifford Thompson
David L. Ulin
Chris Ware
