fin will win when when >> the national book critics circle is awarded a zero roz chast.applause] the nearly 2,000 roz chast began the extremely difficult process to care for elderly parents. vendor her revelatory in her graphic memoir can we talk. something more pleasant she captures the kaleidoscopic array of emotions and the trademark is on full display but it is more than just a collection of cartoons. but is no overt never overly sentimental understandably afraid to airdrome shortcomings. in the last few pages she showcases the pencil drawings of her dying mother of fitting closing frame to a story that all the universally relatable has rarely been as powerfully rendered. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. i cannot tell you how completely surprised i am even though i did write this out. but i was so sure i would not be standing here that i actually said to re agent on the phone that the lives of my to pet parrots and i would not win the. [laughter] now i don't know what i will do. [laughter] we just have to hope they don't understand english. [laughter] firs

and roz chast, the "new yorker" staff cartoonist, won in the autobiography category for "can't we talk something more pleasant," a memoir about the last few years of her parents' lives. she spoke to jeffrey brown at the miami book fair last year. watch that, along with conversations with other nominated authors, on our homepage: pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: finally tonight, an appreciation of an architect whose work and design for the everyday household captured the public's imagination. jeffrey brown has our look. >> brown: around the world and especially in this country michael graves left his mark through buildings of color and ornament. the municipal building, in portland, oregon, the humana building in louisville kentucky, and the disney corporation's headquarters in burbank, california. yet he was known to many more for his smaller works, designing household goods like toasters, clocks and his famous whistling tea kettle through a partnership with target stores in the 1990s. >> michael graves is a rare individual who finds equal wonder in things both large and small. >> reporte