And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied.
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried.
—Merle Haggard, "Mama Tried"
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| Emily Flake, Ben Katchor, and Glen Baxter promoted their new books at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 18, 2016 |
Last fall at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Emily Flake gave a presentation along with fellow cartoonists Glen Baxter and Ben Katchor entitled “Hey, Some Comics are Still Funny!”—or was it renamed “Short But Sweet” prior to the festival? Anyway, Connie Sun moderated. Afterwards, outside the venue, Ms. Flake signed and inscribed copies of her 2015 book Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting.
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| Emily Flake, Ben Katchor, Glen Baxter, and moderator Connie Sun The Brooklyn Book Festival, September 18, 2016 |
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| Emily Flake, Mama Tried, 2015 |
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| Signed and inscribed by Emily Flake She's right. |
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| A page from Emily Flake's Mama Tried, 2015 |
Merle Haggard, "Mama Tried" Live
Note: As reported here on Ink Spill, Mama Tried is being produced for television by IFC.
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