Friday, December 12, 2025

NPR's Book of the Day talks to Joe Sacco

 Comic journalist Joe Sacco on his portrait of deadly riots in Uttar Pradesh, India
Andrew Limbong
the once and future riot
Metropolitan Books

In 2013, two young Hindu cousins killed a Muslim man in a rural part of Uttar Pradesh, India. What followed was a series of alternating violence in the region between Hindus and Muslims. Renowned comic journalist Joe Sacco's new book, The Once And Future Riot, investigates that conflict and the stories people tell themselves about what happened. In today's episode, Sacco speaks with NPR's Andrew Limbong about illustrating violence and the "she-said, he-said" nature of this story.


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