David sedaris

Elfin, diminutive, bonsai-size – 5ft 5in David Sedaris has heard it all. What’s the big deal?

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NYT–bestselling author and celebrated essayist David Sedaris teaches you the art of personal storytelling, tools for writing humor that means something, and his approach to using everyday experiences to connect with readers and audiences.

A reading list of books recommended by American humorist, writer, and radio contributor David Sedaris, including work by Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker.

David Sedaris and Siblings (The siblings, clockwise from top left: Gretchen, Lisa, David, Tiffany, Paul, and Amy.)

A reading list of books recommended by American humorist, writer, and radio contributor David Sedaris, including work by Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker.

“Given enough time, I guess anything can look good. All it has to do is survive.”

G&G editors and contributors share what books to cozy up with this autumn

The gloriously madcap homemaker on At Home With Amy Sedaris is a character her brother, best-selling writer DAVID SEDARIS, knows well. Here, the humorist paints a hilarious picture of what it was like growing up in the Sedaris household. When we were young, my sister Amy and I used to pretend that we had a hospitality show. I don’t remember if we were supposed to be man and wife, or if we were just friends. Lex and Germalina, we called ourselves. I wish they’d been better names, but we were…

There, in the toilet, was the absolute biggest piece of work I have ever seen.