February 18th, 2007 by Jemaleddin Cole

So I was read­ing the latest David Sedaris essay in the New Yorker, and I was think­ing about how amaz­ingly honest David can be when he’s talk­ing about some­thing uncom­fort­able or embar­rass­ing and still make the whole thing so funny….

Wait, you don’t know David Sedaris? You’ve never read his essays? Oh for pete’s sake. Start with these:

• The Birds
• Memento Mori
• What I learned
• Old Faithful
• Our Per­fect Summer
• The Girl Next Door

That should get you well on your way.

2 Responses to “Essay goodness”

1. I’ve read a few of his books and heard him on the radio sev­eral times. One of my favorites is about his con­fu­sion about the gram­mar of the French lan­guage. I split my sides laugh­ing as he read it on the radio. He’s even fun­nier talk­ing than he is writ­ing.

   Thanks for the links. I’m off for a plea­sur­able morn­ing read­ing Sedaris.

   — skank February 19th, 2007 at 7:22 am #

2. They replayed a radio essay he did years ago this past Christ­mas about being an Elf at some depart­ment store in New York that had me laugh­ing so hard I almost had to pull over the car. Kellie got me some of his essays for Christ­mas, but you can never get enough David Sedaris.

   — Jemaleddin February 19th, 2007 at 8:43 am #