Molly Crabapple Books in Order

Molly Crabapple covers a hotel room with paper and spends a week filling its walls with drawings. Photographs document the evolving artwork, visitors and performances, following the physical demands and creative discoveries of her immersive experiment.

Molly Crabapple traces her development from restless young artist to illustrator of New York nightlife and political upheaval. Drawing and memoir connect experiences of modeling, burlesque, and protest with her growing commitment to witnessing injustice through art.

Marwan Hisham recounts coming of age amid Syria’s uprising and civil war, with Molly Crabapple’s illustrations accompanying his account. Personal memories and reporting from dangerous territory examine friendship, resistance, and the effort to retain humanity through violence and occupation.

Beginning with her great-grandfather’s paintings, Molly Crabapple traces the history of the Jewish Labor Bund. Portraits of activists, poets, and revolutionaries recover a secular socialist movement committed to solidarity and equal rights in the places where Jewish people already lived.