[Comicsstudiessociety] [EXTERNAL] Book for review for IJOCA - Maus Now : Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute

[Mike Rhode]

Yes, I think it's going to be a good addition to the field of Anglophonic
comics studies. I'm actively resisting cracking it open to read though and
it'll go out pristine.

Lauren, I take it you were NOT asking to be our reviewer?

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 9:20 AM Lauren E Chivington <lchivington at ivytech.edu>
wrote:

> Can't wait to read this one!
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> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL][Comicsstudiessociety] Book for review for IJOCA -
> Maus Now : Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute
>
> USA ONLY due to postage. We have an uncorrected proof. I'm anticipating a
> lot of interest in this one, so we're not doing our first-request gets it.
> Instead send a message to me and John OFFLIST saying why you think you'd be
> a good
>
> USA ONLY due to postage.  We have an uncorrected proof. I'm anticipating
> a lot of interest in this one, so we're not doing our first-request gets
> it. Instead send a message to me and John OFFLIST saying why you think
> you'd be a good reviewer for this, and we'll choose a reviewer
>
>
> Mike
>
> mrhode at gmail.com
>
> John A. Lent
>
> jlent at temple.edu
>
>
> *Maus Now : Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute (onsale 11/15/22)*
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> Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most
> influential contemporary artists; it is hard to overstate his effect on
> postwar American culture. *Maus* has shaped the fields of literature,
> history, and art, and enlivened our collective sense of possibilities for
> expression.
>
> *Maus Now: Selected Writing* collects responses to the work that confirm
> its unique and terrain-shifting status. Here, writers such as Philip
> Pullman, Robert Storr, Ruth Franklin, and others approach *Maus* from a
> wide range of viewpoints and traditions, inspired by the material’s
> complexity. The book is organized into three loosely chronological
> sections: “Contexts,” “Problems of Representation,” and “Legacy,” and
> offers translations of important French, Hebrew, and German essays on
> *Maus* for the first time.
>
> *    Maus* is revelatory, and generative, in profound and long-lasting
> ways. With this collection, American literary scholar (and expert on comics
> and graphic narratives) Hillary Chute assembles the best work around the
> globe exploring this classic graphic biography.
>
> ·        *SALES:* After the recent banning of *Maus* in TN, interest in
> and sales for Art Spiegelman's work have skyrocketed.
>
> ·        *BEST OF:* *Maus Now* gathers together the best writing on *Maus*
>  and provides translations of essays from German, French and Hebrew for
> the very first time.
>
> ·        *LITTLE-SEEN IMAGERY:* In addition to polished images from *Maus*
> *,* this collection will feature original sketches and early comics and
> images from *RAW*.
>
>
>
>
>
> *HILLARY CHUTE* is an American literary scholar and an expert on comics
> and graphic narratives. She is Distinguished Professor of English and Art +
> Design at Northeastern University and the author or editor of seven titles
> on comics, including, most recently, her book, *Why Comics? From
> Underground to Everywhere*. She is a comics and graphic novels columnist
> for *The New York Times Book Review.*
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