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Infobox scientist | name = David Sedaris| image = David Sedaris (June 2008).jpg| caption = Sedaris in 2007| birth_date = Birth date and age|1956|12|26| birth_place = Johnson City, New York | residence = London, England | citizenship = United States of America | known_for = List of humorists|Humorist , List of comedians|comedian , radio contributor, writer| genre =| movement =| influences = Lorrie Moore , Alice Munro , Flannery O'Connor , Tobias Wolff , Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates , Kurt Vonnegut Sedaris, David. "Introduction" to Sedaris, David, ed. Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules . New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. ISBN 0-7432-7394-X. p. 1-7.| influenced =| signature =| website = David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award -nominated American humorist , comedian , bestselling author, and radio contributor.
Sedaris has been described as 'the rock star of writers'. He was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay " SantaLand Diaries ". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever , in 1994. His next five subsequent essay collections, Naked (book)|Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (novel)|Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008), have become New York Times Best Seller list| New York Times Best Sellers . http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9507E6DF143AF935A35757C0A961958260 "BEST SELLERS: April 6, 1997", The New York Times , 1997-04-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9A02E0DE133AF931A15751C1A9649C8B63 "PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: December 22, 2002", The New York Times , 2002-12-22. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=940DE7D6123CF932A25755C0A9669C8B63 "BEST SELLERS: June 11, 2000", The New York Times , 2000-06-11. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C05EEDD1430F933A15755C0A9629C8B63 "BEST SELLERS: June 20, 2004", The New York Times , 2004-06-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/bestseller/0706besthardnonfiction.html? ex=1372305600& en=b4f86ec246da2217& ei=5124& partner=permalink& exprod=permalink "BEST SELLERS: July 6, 2008", The New York Times , 2008-07-06. Retrieved on 2008-07-01. In 2010, he released an anthropomorphic collection of stories, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary . http://www.usforacle.com/montage/releases-worth-a-bookmark-1.2321855 Releases worth a bookmark . September 8, 2010. Retrieved on 2010-08-09.
As of|2008, his books have collectively sold seven million copies.Lyall, Sarah. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/08lyal.html "What You Read Is What He Is, Sort Of", The New York Times , 2008-06-08. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. Much of Sedaris's humor is autobiography|autobiographical and self-deprecation|self-deprecating , and often concerns his family life, his middle class upbringing in the suburb s of Raleigh, North Carolina , Greek-American|Greek heritage, various jobs, education, Recreational drug use|drug use , and his life in France , and most recently in London and the South Downs .
Early life and "SantaLand Diaries"
Sedaris was born in Binghamton, New York , to Lou and Sharon ( née Leonard)Cite book|last=Sedaris|first=David|title=Naked|publisher=Abacus|location=London|year=2006|edition=1|chapter='Dix Hill', p. 90|url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_(book)#Dix_Hill|accessdate=09-02-2010 Sedariscite web |url= http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml? i=20070319& s=heard031907 |title= TNR cite web |url= http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml? i=20070319& s=heard031907& c=2 |title= TNR and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh , North Carolina . He is of half- Greek American|Greek-American descent .cite web |url= http://www.antonellagambotto.com/NonfictionReviewSedaris.htm |title= : : a n t o n e l l a g a m b o t t o - b u r k e w e b : : c r i t i q u e : : His mother was Protestant and his father was Greek Orthodox .cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Me-Talk-Pretty-One-Day/dp/0316776963 |title= Amazon.com: Me Talk Pretty One Day: Books: David Sedaris
Sedaris was raised in a suburban section of Raleigh, North Carolina . He is the second child of six born to Sharon and Lou, an IBM engineer. His siblings, from oldest to youngest, are Lisa, Gretchen, Amy Sedaris|Amy ,Lafreniere, and Steve http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/amy_david_sedaris.shtml "Amy and David Sedaris", Index Magazine , 2001. Retrieved on 2007-10-09. Tiffany,Moore, Jina. http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/08/15/sister_in_a_glass_house/ "Sister in a Glass House", The Boston Globe , 2004. Retrieved on 2009-03-24. and Paul (The Rooster). In his teens and twenties, he dabbled in Visual arts|visual and performance art . His lack of success is described in several of his essays. After graduating from Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh, Sedaris briefly attended Western Carolina University http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=lZ8j6C2JXH4 before transferring to and dropping out of Kent State University in 1977. He moved to Chicago , Illinois , in 1983, graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1987. (He did not attend Princeton University , although he spoke fondly of doing so in " http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/06/26/060626fa_fact What I Learned", a comic Baccalaureate service|baccalaureate address delivered at Princeton in June 2006.)
While working a string of odd jobs across Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh , Chicago and New York City , Sedaris was discovered reading his diary (which he has kept since 1977) in a Chicago club by radio host Ira Glass , who asked Sedaris to appear on his weekly local program Ira Glass#Career|The Wild Room .Marchese, John. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9F0CE1D8153DF937A35754C0A965958260 "He Does Radio And Windows", The New York Times , 1993-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. Sedaris later said, "I owe everything to Ira ... My life just changed completely, like someone waved a magic wand."St. John, Warren. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9801EEDA1331F935A35755C0A9629C8B63 "Turning Sour Grapes Into a Silk Purse", The New York Times , 2004-06-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. Sedaris's success on The Wild Room led to his National Public Radio debut on December 23, 1992, when he read a radio essay on Morning Edition titled " SantaLand Diaries ", which described his purported experiences working as an elf at Macy's department store during Christmas time in New York.
"SantaLand Diaries" was an immediate success with radio listeners, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=5066175 "Sedaris and Crumpet the Elf: A Holiday Tradition", National Public Radio|NPR .org. Retrieved on 2007-10-08. and made Sedaris what The New York Times called "a minor phenomenon". He began recording a monthly segment for NPR (based on entries in his diary, and edited and produced by Glass), considered adapting "SantaLand Diaries" into a screenplay for Touchstone Pictures , and signed a two-book deal with Little, Brown and Company . In 1993, he told The New York Times that he was publishing his first book, a collection of stories and essays, and had 70 pages written of his second book, a novel "about a man who keeps a diary and whom Mr. Sedaris described as 'not me, but a lot like me'".
Collections and mainstream success
In 1994, Sedaris released the book of stories and essays titled Barrel Fever . When, in 1995, Ira Glass began hosting the weekly hour-long Public Radio International|PRI / Chicago Public Radio radio show This American Life , Sedaris became a frequent contributor. He also began publishing essays in Esquire (magazine)|Esquire and The New Yorker . In 1997, he published another collection of essays, Naked (book)|Naked . His next book, Me Talk Pretty One Day , was written mostly in France over a period of seven months, and was published in 2000 to "practically unanimous rave reviews".Richards, Linda. http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/sedaris.html "David Sedaris", January Magazine , June 2000. Retrieved on 2007-10-09. For that book, Sedaris won the 2001 Thurber Prize for American Humor , and was named "Humorist of the Year" by Time (magazine)|Time magazine.
In April 2001, Variety (magazine)|Variety reported that Sedaris had sold the Me Talk Pretty One Day film rights to director Wayne Wang , who was adapting four stories from the book for Columbia Pictures with hopes of beginning shooting in late 2001.Fleming, Michael. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117796537.html? categoryid=3& cs=1& query=%22david+sedaris%22+AND+%22me+talk+pretty%22 "'Wave' duo pilot cable; Wang's 'Pretty' deal", Variety (magazine)|Variety , 2001-04-05. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. Wang had completed the script and begun casting when Sedaris asked to "get out of it", after a conversation with his sister aroused concerns as to how his family might be portrayed on screen. (He wrote about the conversation and its aftermath in the essay "Repeat After Me".) Sedaris recounted that Wang was "a real prince ... I didn't want him to be mad at me, but he was so grown up about it. I never saw how it could be turned into a movie anyway." Tyrangiel, Josh . http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994471,00.html "10 Questions For David Sedaris", Time (magazine)|Time , 2004-06-21. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
In 2004, Sedaris published Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim , which hit #1 on The New York Times Nonfiction Best Seller list on June 20, 2004. The audiobook of Dress Your Family, read by Sedaris, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ; the same year, Sedaris was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his recording Live at Carnegie Hall. In March 2006, Ira Glass said that Sedaris' next book would be a collection of animal fable s;Glass, Ira. Chicago Public Radio pledge drive, 2006-03-24. that year, Sedaris included several animal fables in his US book tour, and three of his fables were broadcast on This American Life .
In September 2007, a new Sedaris collection was announced for publication on June 3, 2008.Isaac, Mike. http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/5079/news/music/david_sedaris_announces_new_book_release "David Sedaris announces new book release", Paste (magazine)|Paste , 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-01-08. The collection's working title was All the Beauty You Will Ever Need, but Sedaris later retitled it Indefinite Leave to Remain and finally settled on the title When You Are Engulfed in Flames . http://www.observer.com/2008/why-does-david-sedaris-keep-changing-title-his-new-book-man-himself-explains Why Does David Sedaris Keep Changing the Title of His Book? The Man Himself Explains New York Observer . February 21, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-17. Although at least one news source assumed that the book would consist entirely of fables, Sedaris said in an October 2007 interview that the collection might include a "surprisingly brief story about his decision to quit smoking ... along with stories about a Polish crybaby, throwing shit in a paraplegic's yard, chimpanzees at a typing school, and people visiting him in France."Hambrick, Greg. http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content? oid=oid%3A34152 "David Sedaris is Taking Notes", Charleston City Paper , 2007-10-03. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
In December 2008, David Sedaris received an honorary doctorate from Binghamton University . http://www2.binghamton.edu/news/news-releases/news-release.html? id=776 Binghamton University to hold second Fall commencement
In April 2010, BBC Radio 4 aired Meet David Sedaris , a four-part series of essays Sedaris read before a live audience.cite web|title=Meet David Sedaris |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rp3fg |publisher=BBC Radio 4 A second series of 6 programmes began airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 13 June 2011.cite web|title=Meet David Sedaris |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011tzjc |publisher=BBC Radio 4
Sedaris revealed in a book signing/reading at the Chicago auditorium that his next book would be out in October 2010 (April 17, 2010). At the time it was tentatively titled 'Beastiology', things animals do and was reportedly centered around fictional memoirs by animals. The collection of fables "detailing animals in strange adult situations" was released Sept. 28, 2010 under the title Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary .
In July 2011, Sedaris' essay "Chicken Toenails, Anyone? ", published in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/15/david-sedaris-chinese-food-chicken-toenails David Sedaris: Chicken toenails, anyone? , The Guardian , 2011-7-15. Retrieved on 2011-7-30. garnered some criticism over perceptions that it was insensitive towards China and Chinese culture.Yang, Jeff. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2011%2F07%2F29%2Fapop072911.DTL "David Sedaris Talks Ugly About China", San Francisco Chronicle , 2011-78-29. Retrieved on 2011-7-30.cite news | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/22/weekend-magazine-readers-letters | title=Your letters: Tell us what you think | work=The Guardian | date=23 July 2011 | accessdate=January 21, 2012 | author=O'Connell, Joe | database=LexisNexis Academic
A frequent and favorite guest of late night US talk show host Craig Ferguson, in April 2012, Sedaris joined Ferguson and the cast of CBS's The Late, Late Show in Scotland for a theme week in, and round, Ferguson's hometown between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The 5 weeknight episodes aired in May 2012, during the high profile rating sweeps.
Veracity of nonfiction work
In 2007, in an article in The New Republic , Alexander S. Heard stated that much of Sedaris's work is insufficiently factual to justify being marketed as nonfiction. Several published responses to Heard's article argued that Sedaris's readers are aware that his descriptions and stories are intentionally exaggerated and manipulated to maximize comic effect.Heard, Alex. http://www.tnr.com/article/american-lie-midget-guitar-teacher-macys-elf-and-thetruth-about-david-sedaris "This American Lie: A midget guitar teacher, a Macy's elf, and the truth about David Sedaris", The New Republic , 2007-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-06-15.Balk, Alex. http://gawker.com/news/david-sedaris/david-sedaris-may-sometimes-exaggerate-for-effect-244255.php "David Sedaris May Sometimes Exaggerate For Effect!", Gawker.com , 2007-03-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.Villalon, Oscar. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2007/04/03/DDGIFOV5PG1.DTL "Public's taste for nonfiction has publishers playing fast and loose with labels", San Francisco Chronicle , 2007-04-03. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
Subsequently, in the wake of a controversy involving Mike Daisey embellishing and manufacturing facts about Chinese factories during a spoken word piece on This American Life , new attention has been paid to the veracity of Sedaris's nonfiction stories. NPR will label stories from Sedaris, such as SantaLand Diaries , as fiction, while This American Life will fact-check stories to the extent that memories and long-ago conversations can be checked. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/david-sedariss-exaggerations-in-memoirs-npr-nonfiction-program-raise-questions/2012/05/13/gIQAm9QONU_story.html The New Yorker already subjects nonfiction stories written for that magazine to its comprehensive fact-checking regime. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/08lyal.html? pagewanted=all
The Talent Family
Sedaris is also a playwright, having written with his sister, actress Amy Sedaris , several plays under the name "The Talent Family". These include Stump the Host (1993), Stitches (1994), The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997), All were produced and presented by Meryl Vladimer when she was the artistic director of "the CLUB" at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa, E.T.C. and The Book of Liz (2002) produced by Ania A. Shapiro . Sedaris also co-authored ''Incident at Cobbler's Knob'', which was presented and produced by David Rockwell at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center Festival. Sets for those performances were designed by Sedaris's longtime partner, Hugh Hamrick , who also directed two of them, The Book of Liz and ''Incident at Cobbler's Knob''. Sedaris and his sister Amy shared "The Talent Family" credit on the latter's short-lived sketch comedy show Exit 57 while David was a contributing writer.
Personal life
Sedaris lives with his longtime partner Hugh Hamrick, who has been mentioned in a number of Sedaris' stories. http://www.passportmagazine.com/departments/DavidSedaris.php Sedaris describes them as the "sort of couple who wouldn't get married." http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/05/29/all-you-have-to-do-is-live.html
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (editor, 2005)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (2010) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316038393 Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. Amazon.com
Articles
The New Yorker
He has contributed almost 40 essays to The New Yorker magazine and blog,Cite web | title = Contributors - David Sedaris | publisher = The New Yorker | url = http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/david_sedaris/search? contributorName=david%20sedaris | accessdate = 2011-03-09 including:
" http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/11/29/041129fa_fact1 Old Faithful" November 24, 2004
" http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/06/26/060626fa_fact What I Learned", a comic baccalaureate address delivered at Princeton University|Princeton in June 2006.
" http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/02/120402fa_fact_sedaris Dentists Without Borders" April 2, 2012 a humorous essay on socialized medicine in France.
Other articles/Unpublished
"I Brake for Traditional Marriage"& nbsp;– 2010 a heterosexual perspective of California's repeal of Proposition 8
"The Poo Corner"& nbsp;– Public defecation in department stores
" Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary "(2010)
Episodes of This American Life featuring Sedaris
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3& nbsp;– Poultry Slam http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=3 3. This American Life
4& nbsp;– Vacations http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=4 4. This American Life
6& nbsp;– Christmas http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=6 6. This American Life
23& nbsp;– Drama Bug http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=23 23. This American Life
27& nbsp;– The Cruelty of Children http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=27 27. This American Life
28& nbsp;– Detectives http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=28 28. This American Life
35& nbsp;– Fall Clearance Sale http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=35 35. This American Life
47& nbsp;– Christmas and Commerce http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=47 47. This American Life
49& nbsp;– Animals http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=49 49. This American Life
52& nbsp;– Edge of Sanity http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=52 52. This American Life
57& nbsp;– Delivery http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=57 57. This American Life
60& nbsp;– Business of Death http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=60 60. This American Life
67& nbsp;– Your Dream, My Nightmare http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=67 67. This American Life
73& nbsp;– Blame It on Art http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=73 73. This American Life
82& nbsp;– Haunted http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=82 82. This American Life
87& nbsp;– Very Special David Sedaris Christmas http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=87 87. This American Life
97& nbsp;– Death to Wacky http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=97 97. This American Life
99& nbsp;– I Enjoy being a Girl, Sort Of http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=99 99. This American Life
104& nbsp;– Music Lessons http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=104 104. This American Life
136& nbsp;– You Are Here http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=136 136. This American Life
137& nbsp;– The Book That Changed Your Life http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=137 137. This American Life
141& nbsp;– Invisible Worlds http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=141 141. This American Life
148& nbsp;– The Angels Want to Wear my Red Suit http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=148 148. This American Life
154& nbsp;– In Dog we Trust http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=154 154. This American Life
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=161 161& nbsp;– Million Bubbles "Hejira"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=165 165& nbsp;– Americans in Paris David and Ira walk around Paris
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=173 173& nbsp;– Three Kinds of Deception "Picka Pocketoni"& nbsp;– Me Talk Pretty One Day
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=193 193& nbsp;– Stories of Loss "Ashes"& nbsp;– Naked (book)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=194 194& nbsp;– Before and After "Far from Home"
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=198 198& nbsp;– How to Win Friends and Influence People "Consider the Stars (Excerpt)"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=201 201& nbsp;– Them "Six to Eight Black Men"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=214 214& nbsp;– Family Physics "With a Pal Like This, Who Needs Enemies? " excerpt from Buddy, Can You Spare a TIe& nbsp;– When you are Engulfed in Flames
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=221 221& nbsp;– Fake ID "The End of the Affair"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=225 225& nbsp;– Home Movies "Just Shoot Me"
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=235 235& nbsp;– The Balloon Goes Up "? "
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=240 240& nbsp;– I'm in Charge Now "Full House"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=257 257& nbsp;– What I Should've Said "A Can of Worms"& nbsp;– Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=277 277& nbsp;– Apology "Repeat After Me"& nbsp;– Live at Carnegie Hall (David Sedaris album)|Live at Carnegie Hall
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=288 288& nbsp;– Not What I Meant "The Cat and the Baboon"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=303 303& nbsp;– David and Goliath "The Poo Corner"
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=305 305& nbsp;– Holiday Spectacular"The Cow and the Turkey"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=308 308& nbsp;– Star-Crossed Love"The Squirrel and the Chipmunk"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=309 309& nbsp;– Cat and Mouse "Hello Kitty"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=315 315& nbsp;– Parrot and the Potbellied Pig"The Parrot and the Potbellied Pig"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx? episode=319 319& nbsp;– And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/415/crybabies 415& nbsp;– Crybabies "The White Rat"& nbsp;– Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
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References
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External links
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http://www.barclayagency.com/sedaris.html David Sedaris: Barclay Agency, Official biography of Sedaris accompanied by his appearance schedule and related links.
http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/lists/sedaris/ NPR archive of selected Sedaris appearances
http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780316777728_ChapterExcerpt(1).htm "Go Carolina", the opening chapter from Me Talk Pretty One Day
http://www.antonellagambottoburke.com/NonfictionReviewSedaris.htm Antonella Gambotto-Burke on David Sedaris
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/06/14/sedaris/ "A conversation with humorist David Sedaris", an interview with David Sedaris on Minnesota Public Radio
http://authorsontourlive.com/? p=147 "David Sedaris reads from and discusses When You're Engulfed in Flames"& nbsp;– Live from the Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver, Colorado
http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2008/07/interview-truth-or-sedaris.html The MoJo Interview: David Sedaris by Tony DuShane, Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones , July/August 2008
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