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Discuss “David Sedaris”

Carnegie Music Hall was packed last Monday night — a few bodies short of maximum capacity, the crowd neared 2000. Tickets for the event were selling on craigslist.org for upwards of $50, more than double the $20 box office price. It’s rare for the Drue Heinz Lecture Series to fill an entire venue, as Scott Hamley, director of WDUQ 90.5 FM, mentioned before the podium. It takes a lot for a single lecturer to fill a music hall, and David Sedaris was just the person to do it.

Sedaris is perhaps the most accessible of the writers who have spoken as part of the lecture series. A pop culture icon in the world of words, his humor and straightforward writing style attract fans both literary and not. Though he has authored a number of best-sellers,...

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Comment jenny
Apr 23, 2007 at 07:31 PM

If you have seen David Sedaris live during his current 2007 tour, can you remember his other book recommendations? I wanted to write them down, but can't recall them all. There was "Is There No Place On Earth For Me?", "The Zombie Survival Guide", "The Obedient Father"....and I think there was one more.
Thanks,
Jenny

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