Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Wende Museum, Culver City
Join us for the launch of Eugene Yelchin’s graphic memoir *I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This*, the book which shines a stark spotlight on history while offering a poignant, nuanced, and powerfully resonant look at becoming an artist in—and ultimately leaving—Cold War Russia in the early 1980s. You will watch a short film composed from the book’s graphic panels and voiced live by a group of actors. The screening will be followed by the conversation with the author and the Q&A with the audience. Eugene Yelchin is a writer and illustrator of books for young readers. Yelchin is a National Book Award finalist for* The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge*, co-authored with M. T. Anderson, and the recipient of Newbery Honor for *Breaking Stalin’s Nose*. He received Sydney Taylor Award for *The Genius Under the Table*, Golden Kite Award for *The Haunting of Falcon House*, Crystal Kite Award for illustrating *Won Ton*, National Jewish Book Award for illustrating *The Rooster Prince of Breslov*, and Tomie DePaola Award from the Society of Children Books Writers and Illustrators. His books were named Best Books of the Year by the *New York Times*,* People Magazine*, *Wall Street Journal*, *Washington Post*, U*SA Today*,* Amazon*, *NPR*, *Publishers Weekly*, etc., and were translated in fourteen languages. His new graphic memoir, *I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This*, will be released in September 2025. For more information, please visit [eugeneyelchin.com](https://www.eugeneyelchin.com)