Sedaris, David: *1956
Me Talk Pretty One Day, 2000 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- A collection of twenty-seven essays exploring the author's childhood in North Carolina, his relationship with his family, his time living in France, and observations about American social life.
- Information from Wikipedia
- Reviews
- A Tanorexic in the Family. But it's not David Sedaris. It's his sister. The New York Times; June 4, 2000
- bookreporter: "Sedaris has to be one the best storytellers of the distorted family dynamic one could be lucky enough to encounter." Laura Donnelly; January 22, 2011
Mind your language: "Sedaris is seriously funny. Too often, though, tender, introspective moments are subordinate to the reflexive tug of the grin." The Guardian; ebruary 4, 2001
- Interviews
- January Magazine: "Now my sister and I write plays together and we did a show at Lincoln Center and we told them that our father was our manager." A discuion with Linda L. Richards; June 2000
- David Sedaris talks about the collection. SwissEduc; Zurich. Host: Hans Fischer; November 17, 2008
- Audio (29:40)
David Sedaris talks with Terry Gross and reads the end of 'Giant Dreams, Midget's Abilities'. NPR Radio; June 1, 2000