Kanye West releases book with illustrator Bill Plympton

November 6, 7:29 PMDC Books ExaminerCamille Tuutti-Winkler

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Kanye West and Bill Plympton's book will be published Nov. 10.

Cover design by Bill Plympton

After Kayne West's first book "Thank You and You're Welcome" (Super Good LLC) of "Kanye-isms" received scathing reviews on Amazon, West is now making a second attempt to publish something literary that will appeal to his fans.

A self-proclaimed "non-reader of books," West has this time around teamed up with Academy Award-nominated animator, cartoonist and illustrator Bill Plympton, and the result is "Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations" (Atria), a hardcover dominated by images rather than words.

Publisher Atria, a subdivision of Simon & Schuster, describes the book as "a graphic memoir that illustrates the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly who he had become."

West and Plympton's "Through the Wire" will be published Nov. 10.