David Sedaris says writing about his younger sister’s death by suicide was not difficult, and that the real “tragedy” was the mental illness she suffered from. The US writer and broadcaster ...

There’s something uncanny about coming face to face with someone you only know as a comedy character: like if you actually met Bill Cosby’s childhood friend Fat Albert, or David Sedaris’s sister ...

[David speaking to his father on his deathbed ... One big difference between my sister and me is that she can have drugs in her house for months on end. Her appetite isn’t bottomless the ...

SANTA CRUZ — More than 30 years after making his NPR debut and publishing his first essay collection, David ... Sedaris grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the second oldest of six siblings ...

SANTA CRUZ — More than 30 years after making his NPR debut and publishing his first essay collection, David ... 6. Sedaris grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the second oldest of six ...

David Sedaris might be the greatest living humorist in America, if anyone could decide what “humorist” means. (Do stand-ups count?) The author of more than a dozen essay collections ...

David Sedaris is used to crowds. As a New Yorker, he’s used to being in one of the most crowded cities in America: not crowded as in simply packed, but in the constant presence of a bubbling ...