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Andrew Blauner w/ Adam Gopnik & Mona Simpson: The Peanuts Papers

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

Peanuts, Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip, has given the world a cast of characters for the ages–Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Lucy among them. Here, in an unprecedented collection of thirty-two essays and two poems contributed by thirty-three artists and writers ranging from Ann Patchett to Chris Ware consider the deeper truths of Peanuts, its influence on their lives and on the culture more broadly, and the lessons it can teach us about disappointment, melancholy, and those fleeting moments of warm-puppy happiness. The contributors reflect on the experience of discovering Peanuts as a child, their identification with its characters and predicaments, and, for the artists in the book, the momentous effects of their encounters with the strip on their later careers. Taken together, the essays and comics of The Peanuts Papers enrich our understanding of the Peanuts gang and its world, with contributions not only about Charlie Brown and Snoopy but also Linus, Sally, Pigpen, and Peppermint Patty. The Peanuts Papers is an enchanting, poignant gathering of responses to the greatest American comic strip, enabling us to see it anew in fresh and revealing ways.

Join us on the 2nd floor, as editor Andrew Blauner and writer Adam Gopnik discuss the impact on the comic Peanuts with author Mona Simpson.











When: Wed., Oct. 23, 2019 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: $15-24.95
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Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

Peanuts, Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip, has given the world a cast of characters for the ages–Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Lucy among them. Here, in an unprecedented collection of thirty-two essays and two poems contributed by thirty-three artists and writers ranging from Ann Patchett to Chris Ware consider the deeper truths of Peanuts, its influence on their lives and on the culture more broadly, and the lessons it can teach us about disappointment, melancholy, and those fleeting moments of warm-puppy happiness. The contributors reflect on the experience of discovering Peanuts as a child, their identification with its characters and predicaments, and, for the artists in the book, the momentous effects of their encounters with the strip on their later careers. Taken together, the essays and comics of The Peanuts Papers enrich our understanding of the Peanuts gang and its world, with contributions not only about Charlie Brown and Snoopy but also Linus, Sally, Pigpen, and Peppermint Patty. The Peanuts Papers is an enchanting, poignant gathering of responses to the greatest American comic strip, enabling us to see it anew in fresh and revealing ways.

Join us on the 2nd floor, as editor Andrew Blauner and writer Adam Gopnik discuss the impact on the comic Peanuts with author Mona Simpson.

Buy tickets/get more info now