David Sedaris packs in smoking, Japan, and more sharp observations in hid latest take on the human condition with When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Sedaris will be visiting Tacoma's Pantages Theater in October. Don't leave your butts outside for this.
Lynda Barry has a wonderful new volume out about what it takes to be creative, What It Is. A "crazy book" destined for the "crazy book section". In typical Barry fashion she brings to light a great melding of art and memoir. There's a nice write up of her from Philly.com. I'm not surprised she'd end up living in a Wisconsin town named Footville fighting windmills.
Richard Price's latest novel, Lush Life, is a stunning tour de force examination of the lower east side of NYC and the vast array of humans trying to navigate life there. Part procedural, part sociological study, part tenement history, Price weaves all these elements in a timeless study of too many people fighting off too many demons.
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