Since it’s release in the Summer of 2023 The Talk by Darrin Bell has garnered nothing but praise.
Lately it has been making the end of the year lists.
Named one of Publishers Weekly‘s Top Ten Best Books of 2023.
…a powerful and moving portrait of the experiences of racism across generations
One of TIME Magazine’s Must-Read Books of 2023.
The Talk is a masterfully crafted graphic memoir…
New York Public Library’s Best New Comics of 2023.
You may already know Bell for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comics, but you will soon become familiar with his incredibly moving memoir. Bell uses his witty yet intimate voice through his art to expose the everyday and institutionalized racism he has experienced.
Most recently as one of The Washington Post’s 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2023.
Now the book has made the short list for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Heartbreaking and inspiring; any accolades it gets are fully deserved.