June 13, 2008
Read your ramblings: David Sedaris book tour
Memoirist David Sedaris' newest collection of essays When You Are Engulfed in Flames came out June 3. (Notable: My copy of Naked, Sedaris' second book, was actually engulfed in flames after I lent it to my friend Joe and his apartment was destroyed in a freak fire.) In past essays, Sedaris honed his self-deprecatory wit, regaling readers with tales of his sister's first menstruation, his hitchhiking experiences, and his stint working as an elf at Macy's SantaLand. When You Are Engulfed in Flames follows Sedaris and his longtime boyfriend Hugh as they journey to Hiroshima in an effort to kick Sedaris' 30-year long smoking habit. Sedaris will appear at Left Bank Books at 7 p.m. June 17 for a reading and book signing.
P.S. R. Kelly acquitted! Apparently, the jury took, like, ten minutes to deliberate before returning the verdict. Can I get a beep beep?!