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If by pleasurable you mean laugh out loud funny I'm going to nominate Allison beckel's fun home.
What they say about it
- Graphic memoir format“graphic novel memoir”4
- Best books of the century“100 best books of the 21st century”3
The best things said about it
I was devastated by wave by Fun Home.
Kathryn Schulz The Book Review · Jan 2022 Put those two things together and you get a book like Funhome, one of the New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century, or a book like its follow-up, Are You My Mother?
One of the things that happened as a result of the publication of that memoir Funh Home is that you became much more wellknown than you were previous to it.
She's the author of Fun Home, the graphic novel memoir from 2006, and it was one of the New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century.
One of them is fun home which is an adaptation of Allison beckel's graphic Memoir which is about her coming out as a lesbian and also discovering that her father who commits suicide is gay.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel is a celebrated graphic memoir exploring family dynamics, sexuality, and the complex relationship between a daughter and her closeted father. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Felipe Esparza mentioned a similarly themed book on comedy writing alongside general reading. The title was prominently discussed on The Book Review, where Kathryn Schulz and Tina Jordan shared their powerful reactions to the memoir, with Jordan nominating it as a surprisingly humorous and pleasurable read among the best books of the century. Gilbert Cruz also dedicated an entire episode of The Book Review to interviewing Alison Bechdel about the graphic novel, highlighting its status as one of the New York Times's top books of the 21st century, its impact on the author's career, and its sophisticated literary threads connecting works by authors like Virginia Woolf and Karl Marx directly into the graphic memoir format.
Every mention
Felipe Esparza another book called um how to write funny be funny and make money being funny and that was a real great boo… 1
Recommended
“another book called um how to write funny be funny and make money being funny and that was a real great book bro”
Kathryn Schulz I was devastated by wave by Fun home 1
Recommended
“I was devastated by wave by Fun home”
Tina Jordan if by pleasurable you mean laugh out loud funny I'm going to nominate Allison beckel's fun home 1
Recommended
“if by pleasurable you mean laugh out loud funny I'm going to nominate Allison beckel's fun home”
Gilbert Cruz Put those two things together and you get a book like Funhome, one of the New York Times's 100 best books o… 8
Discussed
“Put those two things together and you get a book like Funhome, one of the New York Times's 100 best books of the 21st century, or a book like its follow-up, Are You My Mother?”
Discussed
“Allison Beal, you've written two graphic memoirs, Funh Home and Are You My Mother?”
Discussed
“One of the things that happened as a result of the publication of that memoir Funh Home is that you became much more wellknown than you were previous to it.”
Discussed
“You in this book take your chapter titles I believe correct me if I'm wrong from Kar Marx his book das capal Ulisses is threaded throughout funhome there there are many books thread it throughout are you my mother Virginia Wolf and some other authors”
Discussed
“You started in black and white and then now when you did Funhome, are you my mother? And then the secret to superhuman strength that started to change”
Discussed
“I want to end by talking briefly about Funhome. We tried to get in touch, you and I, last year when Funhome ended up on a project that the book review did looking at what a panel of 500 writers and and literary luminaries had picked as the best books of the 21st century so far.”
Discussed
“Allison Beal, author of Funhome and the new book Spent, a comic novel.”
Discussed
“she's the author of fun home the graphic novel Memoir from 2006 and it was one of the New York times's 100 best books of the 21st century”
Jennifer Szalai the essential dyes to watch out for by Allison beell 1
Discussed
“the essential dyes to watch out for by Allison beell”
Parul Sehgal you know if you've read her books fun home she uses an occasional blue green kind of wash 1
Discussed
“you know if you've read her books fun home she uses an occasional blue green kind of wash”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Discussed
“fun home by Allison beell”
Speaker The Book Review The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone 2024-07-18 Listen at 36:24
Discussed
“what are some of the grief for parents ones patrimony by Philip Roth fun home by Allison beell”
Discussed
“one of them is fun home which is an adaptation of Allison beckel's graphic Memoir which is about her coming out as a lesbian and also discovering that her father who commits suicide is gay”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“she's very famous now for fun home and and her other current works”
Passing
“now Alis beell is very famous with fun home and whatnot”