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NEWS ABOUT: David Sedaris

David Sedaris stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

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Meet the Usual Suspects

New writers' book jackets reveal the top 10 lazy comparisons

Jan 7, 09 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Blurbs for hot new writers' books unfailingly liken them to a handful of known quantities, Chris Rovzar observes in New York. Here are some of the most-abused blurb comparisons:
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald or Edith Wharton. Writing about crumbling, decadent high society? "If you're a boy, you're Scott; if
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Hunter S. Thompson • Jack Kerouac • writer • book • Edith Wharton • Candace Bushnell • David Sedaris • Chuck Klosterman • authors • F. Scott Fitzgerald

'Realish' Sedaris Book Skirts Memoir Scrutiny

Genre 'the last place you’d expect to find the truth,' humorist says

Jun 8, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - With his new book of nonfiction essays, Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris finds himself engulfed in questions of truth and accuracy. In America, the recent explosion of memoirs has been followed with one scandal after another, prompting more scrutiny of the humorist’s work. “I do think Sedaris exaggerates... More »

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literature • humor • memoir • writer • book • fake memoirs • nonfiction books • David Sedaris

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