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Books by David Sedaris mentioned on podcasts
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Naked
Naked by David Sedaris is a humorous and candid autobiographical collection of essayistic stories reflecting on the author's eccentric family, childhood, and unconventional adulthood.
Discussed“Naked and Afraid which is exactly what it sounds like for people who don't know what Naked and Afraid is it is where they strip you down naked and they put put you in the middle of a really harsh environment like a jungle or a marsh land or a desert”
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Calypso
Calypso by David Sedaris is a darkly humorous essay collection in which the author explores aging, mortality, family eccentricities, and political shifts from the vantage point of his home in coastal North Carolina.
Recommended“and then in that same vein David sedara say Calypso uh we were all such fans here of that book”
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Theft by Finding
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris is a compelling collection of diary entries spanning from 1977 to 2002, capturing the author's sharp observational wit and formative years.
Discussed“this week we're featuring a lengthy conversation with David sederis who spoke to editor Pamela Paul in 2017 about his book theft by finding Diaries 1977 2002”
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The Land and Its Peoples
The Land and Its Peoples by David Sedaris is a collection of witty, insightful essays by one of America's most renowned humorous writers.
Recommended“David Sedaris, thank you so much for being here. Everybody, latest collection of essays, David Sedaris, The Land and Its People.”
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris is a collection of humorous and deeply observational personal essays by the acclaimed satirist.
Discussed“I was listening this summer to Let's explore diabetes with owls um in the car and I had to pick up one of my kids from Camp”
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A Carnival of Snackery
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris is a collection of diary entries offering a humorous, candid, and observant look at contemporary life through the author's distinct lens.
Discussed“Paul David sederis joins us now from Montana where he is on tour for his latest book a carnival of snackery”
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Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky is a humorous and reflective book by acclaimed author David Sedaris that captures the unique psychological and social landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recommended“happy-go-lucky it's like I think it's probably the most uh prescient uh percent prescient uh take on the pandemic and and the lifestyle that we all kind of had to uh uh”
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The Best of Me
Discussed“and what I enjoy so much in in this collection the best of me are the Encounters in the airplane”
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The best American nonrequired reading, 2003
Discussed“initiated this best American non-required reading and ology every year which is still assembled with a guest editor but a panel of high school students going through and picking kind of the stuff that spoke to them over the previous year”
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