David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorous essayist and… Read Full Bio ↴David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is an American humorous essayist and radio contributor. Much of his humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, concerning his large family life, Greek heritage, various jobs, education, and his life in France with his boyfriend Hugh.
He was born in Binghamton, New York, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He dropped out of Kent State University in 1977, and ten years later graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago. In his teens and twenties, he dabbled in visual and performance art. His lack of success was described in several of his essays. Sedaris has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which he chronicles in his short story "A Plague of Tics."
His first book, Barrel Fever (1994) was a collection of essays and short fiction. Several compilations of his essays have been published in books such as Naked (1996), and Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000). Several of his books, including Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) have hit #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Nonfiction. He is a frequent contributor to the PRI/Chicago Public Radio show This American Life, and Esquire and The New Yorker magazines. In 2001, he was named "Humorist of the Year" by Time magazine and he received the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Although Wayne Wang optioned his book Me Talk Pretty One Day for a movie, Sedaris declined to proceed with the project out of concern for his family and how they might be portrayed in a movie.
He is also a playwright, having authored along with his sister, actor Amy Sedaris, several plays under the name "The Talent Family." These include: Stump the Host (1993), Stitches (1994), One Woman Shoe (1995), The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997), and The Book of Liz. He also co-authored Incident at Kobblers Knob which was presented and produced by David Rockwell at the Lincoln Center Festival.
He was born in Binghamton, New York, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He dropped out of Kent State University in 1977, and ten years later graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago. In his teens and twenties, he dabbled in visual and performance art. His lack of success was described in several of his essays. Sedaris has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which he chronicles in his short story "A Plague of Tics."
His first book, Barrel Fever (1994) was a collection of essays and short fiction. Several compilations of his essays have been published in books such as Naked (1996), and Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000). Several of his books, including Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) have hit #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Nonfiction. He is a frequent contributor to the PRI/Chicago Public Radio show This American Life, and Esquire and The New Yorker magazines. In 2001, he was named "Humorist of the Year" by Time magazine and he received the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Although Wayne Wang optioned his book Me Talk Pretty One Day for a movie, Sedaris declined to proceed with the project out of concern for his family and how they might be portrayed in a movie.
He is also a playwright, having authored along with his sister, actor Amy Sedaris, several plays under the name "The Talent Family." These include: Stump the Host (1993), Stitches (1994), One Woman Shoe (1995), The Little Frieda Mysteries (1997), and The Book of Liz. He also co-authored Incident at Kobblers Knob which was presented and produced by David Rockwell at the Lincoln Center Festival.
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hylgh
Yeah as someone who had OCD as a child and did a lot of these things and just thought I was crazy - it's nice to hear about it from other people, and the thing is that people with OCD know that what they are doing is unnecessary and weird. We're able to laugh about it.
znjfl
I started worrying because I literally never knew completely what OCD is, and now that I read about it I totally recognized like 90% of the symptoms. I was kinda worried but now that I saw this I am kind of relieved :) I am NOT that extreme :)
lukewarmmess
As someone with OCD, I'm laughing my ass off over here.
elizabeth krinkle
lukewarmmess same here
Dylan Buggenhagen
Have you read the story, its bloody hilarious!
Bob Mitchell
READING IT NOW ON AUDIO BOOK š¤£
jonwiley
The interviewer laughs because Sedaris is telling these stories for comic effect. Not everything is meant to be a pity party.
Robert Milz
no the intwrviewr laughs cause he doesnt get it. trustme with severe ocd its cam be funny but not. i know..amd u may have it but diff for all..camt compare wemt thrgh trmtnt told to not compare.. pity party HATE that comment. ppl with suffer bad. argh cant tll u how much tjat comment is bad.
Leonie Klein
yeah itās funny how he recalls it but itās also painful to hear and must have been really disturbing at the time so i found it really inappropriate the way the interviewer laughs. he laughs from embarrassment and i agree doesnāt get it
David Lamont
He's right..I had Terrett's (spelling may be wrong) when I was a kid. I would constantley shake my head just as David did. A swift jerking movement like shaking my head no but super quick. It stopped when I started smoking cigarrettes at 18.