Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome 
Craig Thompson
—cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books
 Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Good-bye Chunky Rice
, and 
Habibi
—for a discussion of his new memoir 
Ginseng Roots
.
Ticketing
RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of 
Ginseng Roots 
and pick it up at the event. Craig Thompson will sign copies of his new book after the presentation.
Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.
About 
Ginseng Roots
From the celebrated author of 
Blankets
 and 
Habibi 
comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world—all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry.
“A sweeping story, gorgeously drawn and beautifully told — this is Craig Thompson’s masterpiece.” —Joe Sacco, author of 
Palestine
 and 
Paying the Land
When 
Blankets
 first published in 2003, Craig Thompson's seminal memoir about first love and faith lost in rural Wisconsin
 
debuted to rapturous acclaim. The winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, it is to this day considered one of the all-time great works of graphic storytelling. Now, in Craig's long-awaited return to the autobiographical form, comes the story that 
Blankets 
left out.
Ginseng Roots 
follows Craig and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour. In his trademark breathtaking pen-and-ink work, Craig interweaves this lost youth with the 300-year-old history of the global ginseng trade and the many lives it has tied together—from ginseng hunters in ancient China, to industrial farmers and migrant harvesters in the American Midwest, to his own family still grappling with the aftershocks of the bitter past.
Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to Northeast China, 
Ginseng Roots 
charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world.
Bio
Craig Thompson
 is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books 
Blankets
, 
Carnet de Voyage
, 
Good-bye Chunky Rice
, and 
Habibi
. He was born in Michigan in 1975 and grew up in a rural farming community in central Wisconsin. His graphic novel 
Blankets
 has won numerous awards, including the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz Awards, and has been published in nearly twenty languages. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Masking Policy
Masks are encouraged but not required for this event.
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