Author Spotlight – David Sedaris
Happy David Sedaris book day! Every so often, when a new book comes out by a not super prolific but big name author #FDL will do an author spotlight and today’s spotlight subject is David Sedaris. His new book, Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) came out today and the book world is excited. This book deviates a little from Sedaris’s essay collection format as it focuses on his more organic journal entries. Sedaris is known for turning his seemingly random observations into well-crafted essays but this collection is more raw, comprising of original note taking and observation. Whether you pick up this book as your first Sedaris experience or are a long time fan, reading his work is always a special experience. The following are my three favorite books by Sedaris:
- Naked. This was the first Sedaris book I ever read when I was in my late teens. I fell instantly in love because Sedaris comes from the same small town in upstate NY that I do. This essay collection is largely devoted to Sedaris’s post college life and his travels and odd job work experiences. But he covers a lot of topics from early childhood to his large family, to coming out.
- Me Talk Pretty One Day. This is probably my favorite Sedaris book because of his observations on language both as a young kid with a lisp and as an adult learning French as a second language. It also has in it one of my all time favorite essays, “Jesus Shaves.” How do you explain complex concepts to someone in a language that you can barely speak?
- Holidays on Ice. This is Sedaris’s Christmas themed collection. It’s a mix of fiction and non-fiction and includes the piece that made him famous – “The Santaland Diaries,” about his time as an elf in Macy’s Santaland.
Post by Carey Gibbons
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