• 'Amazing Grapes' was Pulitzer-winning illustrator Jules Feiffer's final book

  • Jan 22 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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'Amazing Grapes' was Pulitzer-winning illustrator Jules Feiffer's final book

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  • Jules Feiffer, illustrator of The Phantom Tollbooth, died last week at age 95. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and cartoonist began drawing and writing for a living when he was 17. And just last year, Feiffer came out with his first graphic novel for middle grade readers. That book, Amazing Grapes, kicks off with a father's departure, which sets in motion a series of adventures across dimensions for his three children. In today's episode, we revisit a conversation between Feiffer and NPR's Scott Simon about how play became more central to the author's life as he grew older and the importance of "getting away with it."

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