'Maus' author Art Spiegelman shares the story behind his Pulitzer-winning work (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)

Spiegelman's graphic novel, which was recently banned by a school district in Tennessee, tells the story of how his Jewish parents survived the Holocaust in Poland. Originally broadcast in 1987.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/11/1080095967/maus-author-art-spiegelman-shares-the-story-being-his-pulitzer-winning-work

The removal of ‘Maus’ from a middle-school curriculum reflects an old debate, not a new one - The Washington Post

"It is intensely weird in a deeply American way to take an award-winning book about the mass murder of millions of people and fret over eight bad words and a naked mouse."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/27/maus-removal-old-debate/