The Works of David Sedaris

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I loved his work before but now I am so enamoured of him, I feel like a Bieber fan girl!

I felt the same way after seeing him! I was expecting a let-down, or to feel embarrassed for saying stupid shit in front of him, but I love him so much more. He drew a doodle of me! With pointy teeth! Vomiting! How could I not love him?

[pathtaken]

Just read this about his sister Tiffany's suicide this year.
Now We Are Five

So sad, makes me think of my own disconnected family.

[Shanmac]

Aw, I'm so sorry to hear that.

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I loved the story, it was a nice, low-key tribute without building his sister up into something she wasn't just because she has passed. I remember Tiffany was the family member who REALLY didn't want him writing about her (but then she changed her mind, I think, so he wrote one story about her and she didn't like it). I feel bad for his family but especially his 90-year-old dad. Very sad. On another note, I just love David to the moon and back.

[kateln]

I remember him telling one story about visiting her in Massachusetts in, I think, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and it broke my heart how sad she seemed. His tribute to her is absolutely perfect and lovely.

On a side note, how much do I LOVE that his 90 year old dad takes Spinning classes?

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Meeting David Sedaris last year is a highlight of my life.

That story just reaffirms what a talent he is. His writing is both ordinary and extraordinary, if that makes any sense.

[chiqui]

I read the article, and there's something disturbing about his writing that I can't put my finger on. I've read a couple of his books so far, and get the same feeling. Maybe its the way his characters just dance around issues without really discussing them and use humor to put things at bay. Which can help you cope, but also be bad for you in the long run. I'm not really judging him as a person, but to read his experiences reminds me of the way I ws raised and I don't want to go back into that mindset.

[chonies]

Nov 4, 2013 16:05:39 GMT -4 chiqui said:

I read the article, and there's something disturbing about his writing that I can't put my finger on. I've read a couple of his books so far, and get the same feeling. Maybe its the way his characters just dance around issues without really discussing them and use humor to put things at bay. Which can help you cope, but also be bad for you in the long run. I'm not really judging him as a person, but to read his experiences reminds me of the way I ws raised and I don't want to go back into that mindset.

If you're interested, I think his interviews with Terry Gross on Fresh Air are very illuminating. Short version: he drank a lot and doesn't anymore, and a lot of his early work was written during that phase of his life. His later work is more clear eyed, which has a few side effects of being less party-funny, but revealing in a different way.

Link to NPR.

I'm not trying to convince you that you're wrong--wrong!!!--at all, but actually validating your instinct. It's an interesting picture overall.

[Ginger]

This thread reminded me of his essay in Naked about taking a cross-country Greyhound bus trip, which is one of the funniest things I have ever read. It's got this two-page monologue that is incredibly filthy and hysterical. He's taking the bus because he has no money, and feels superior to all of the white trashey passengers on the bus, and yet can't hold his own among them and winds up getting kicked out of his seat and having to sleep underneath somebody else's seat.

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Nov 4, 2013 17:09:41 GMT -4 Ginger said:

This thread reminded me of his essay in Naked about taking a cross-country Greyhound bus trip, which is one of the funniest things I have ever read. It's got this two-page monologue that is incredibly filthy and hysterical. He's taking the bus because he has no money, and feels superior to all of the white trashey passengers on the bus, and yet can't hold his own among them and winds up getting kicked out of his seat and having to sleep underneath somebody else's seat.

Yes!!! I love it.

That reminds me, has anyone seen C.O.G.? I've heard it's not great, but being a big Sedaris fan, I'm still interested to see it.