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English
Description
Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius.
"It's no coincidence that the world's best writers tend to keep diaries. If you faithfully record your life in a journal, you're writing every day--and if you write every day, you become a better writer. David Sedaris has kept a diary for forty years. This means that if you've kept a diary for a year of your life or less, Sedaris is at least forty times...
Author
Series
University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers volume no. 42
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
1964
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Language
English
Description
"In this first volume, Scharnhorst covers Clemen's life from his childhood Missouri to his work in printshops, from his career as a Mississippi River pilot to his writing stint in Nevada, and from his trip to Europe and the Holy Land o his move east to Buffalo, New York."--Inside dust jacket.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This collection of essays by the humorist author traces his offbeat world travel experiences. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a...
Series
Jumping frogs volume 4
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Language
English
Description
More than just the story of a literary career, Mark Twain's Own Autobiography is securely anchored in the writer's relation to his family. His memories of his beloved wife Livy and daughter Susy -- what they meant to him as a husband, a father, and an artist -- constitute a poignant self-portrait. At the same time, this text draws on Twain's immense autobiographical writings for some of his best comic anecdotes, such as those that recall his rambunctious...
