Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here) by Julia Wertz

Join us for a conversation with Julia Wertz to celebrate her new book, a comic memoir of pregnancy and motherhood in all of its pains and all of its joys. She will be in conversation with Roz Chast, followed by a signing.

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Raw, honest, and hilarious,Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here) chronicles the joy and horror of becoming a mother during challenging times.
In this follow-up to the acclaimed memoir Impossible People—a book about getting sober and becoming a professional artist in New York City—cartoonist Julia Wertz returns home to Northern California where she reunites with her family and rekindles a relationship with an ex-boyfriend. After a surprise pregnancy and a marriage proposal, Julia settles (somewhat reluctantly) into a quiet life in a small town. But as 2020 approaches, her world, and the world at large, takes a sharp turn toward unexpected chaos. Through comic vignettes, essays, and diary doodles, Julia recounts the events of her pregnancy and its attendant body horror, a miscarriage, family trauma, marriage, a life-altering accident, and the joy and surprises of parenthood as it all unfolds against the backdrop of local wildfires and a global pandemic. The result of this unconventional collection is a heart-wrenching and hilarious story of adversity, resilience, and, ultimately, love.

Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. Her books include The Fart Party, Museum of Mistakes, Drinking at the Movies, The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, Tenements, Towers, & Trash: An Unconventional, Illustrated History of New York City and Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story. She does monthly comics and doodles for The New Yorker and The New York Times. After leaving New York City, she settled down in Northern California with Oliver (yes, that Oliver) and their son, Felix.

Roz Chast is a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker. Raised in Brooklyn, Chast draws on everyday worries, family life, aging, and urban neuroses. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling graphic memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? which earned widespread critical acclaim and many awards. Her most recent book, The Two Saddest Kitchens, a collaborative graphic novel with fellow New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein, will be released in October 2026.

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