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Writer and Cartoonist
American Academy Distinguished Visitor - Class of Fall 2024
Amy Kurzweil is a New Yorker cartoonist and the author of two acclaimed graphic memoirs: Artificial: A Love Story (2023) and Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir (2016). Kurzweil was the recipient of a 2021 Berlin Prize and a 2019 Shearing Fellowship and has been awarded residencies from Macdowell and Yaddo, among others. Her series for the The Believer, “Technofeelia,” has been nominated for both Reuben and Ignatz awards. Her work has also been published in The Verge, New York Times Book Review, LA Times, Wired, Longreads, and Literary Hub. Kurzweil has taught writing and cartooning for over a decade.