David Sedaris

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

The past couple times we've seen him it's been all unpublished works, excerpts for his journal, and then some Q&A, which usually leads to some great extemporaneous storytelling. If you like his works, you should try to see him live (or listen to his pieces on This American Life).

I've only heard him on NPR, and I've had his books on my list of to-do, and I haven't. I really need to work through that amazon wish list....

his pieces on NPR have been wonderful, I agree with Alex, his voice and manner of turning a phrase are hysterical.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Or you can just call NA "Hugh."

The first piece he read was a "disclaimer" about truth in his work. He clarified that there were only 2 pieces of information that were incorrect in the stories we were going to hear (both of them hilarious minutea). He went on to allude to James Frey (how could a fu<king alcoholic lie to you???) and then talked about his wife "Gail" and assured us he was being "straight" wil us.

It was a great start to a great program.

[Gemini Cricket]

I love David Sedaris. When we saw him, he signed our copy of "Dress Your Family"... he wrote "To Brad and Ralphie, two cocks*ckers in Monterey. Love, David Sedaris".
lol!

[NirvanaMan]

Love the books...not sure I've ever actually read one though.

[Traci*tini]

Oh good, will be happy to get a new read from him! Was uber disappointed in Dress Your Family....but will always have "is them the thoughts of cows?" to fall back when I need to hyperventilate with laughter. C and L you two are the coolest...always.