David Sedaris, steps away
David Sedaris and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)David Sedaris & degrees of proximity
Why again is David Sedaris mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix
Artist & Where
- Name: David Sedaris
- City/Place: Rackham, West Sussex
- Country: United Kingdom
Life & Work
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Bio:
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the NYT-bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). He was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. Sedaris’ pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are over ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.
He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service. David Sedaris’ original radio pieces can often be heard on the public radio show This American Life. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album.
His latest audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure” (November 2009). A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was released after a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (2013). Since 2011, he can be heard annually on a series of live recordings on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.” David Sedaris’ new book is a collection of his diaries, entitled Theft By Finding, Diaries (1977-2002) (May 2017). An art book, about David Sedaris’ diary covers was also just published and edited by Jeffrey Jenkins, entitled: David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium (October 2017, Little, Brown and Company). The nationally bestselling essay collection Calypso was published in June 2018, and a second volume of his diaries is expected for summer 2021.
Contact Information
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Management/Booking:
For media, press, and publicity inquiries:
Katharine Myers
Little, Brown and Company
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
Phone: 212-364-1588
Email: Katharine.Myers@hbgusa.com
For speaking engagement requests and inquiries:
Steven Barclay
Steven Barclay Agency
12 Western Avenue
Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707-773-0654
Email: info@barclayagency.com or Steven@barclayagency.com
For rights, literary agent requests, and inquiries:
Cristina Concepcion
Don Congdon Associates
110 William St., Suite 2202
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-645-1229
Email: dca@doncongdon.com
For permissions:
Hachette Book Group
℅ Frederick T. Courtright
The Permissions Company
47 Seneca Road
P.O. Box 604
Mount Pocono, PA 18344
Phone: 570-839-7477
Fax: 570-839-7448
Email: permdude@eclipse.net
Media & Markets
- ▶ Twitter: davidsedaris
- ▶ Instagram: davidsedarisbooks
- ▶ Articles: http://www.davidsedarisbooks.com/landing-page/david-sedaris-homepage/links-david-sedaris/
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Quotes, Notes & Etc.
“Sedaris ain’t the preeminent humorist of his generation by accident”
—Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly
“Sedaris has hit upon the narrative equivalent of Pepsi, or the PlayStation, or oxygen, or the haircut: something that others in the world might actually want and find useful. . . He’s smart, he’s caustic, he’s mordant, and, somehow, he’s . . . well, nice.”
—Bill Richardson, Toronto Globe and Mail
“Sedaris’s droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Sedaris belongs on any list of people writing in English at the moment who are revising our ideas about what’s funny.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
Clips (more may be added)
ABOUT THE MATRIX
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www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
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