Topic: David Sedaris

Expand . It feels like a quaint concept: a writer reading his material to a paying crowd. . . Considering you can access most printed material on...

Natalie Joos

In 1997, Natalie Joos made her move from Belgium to the east coast, landing in New York—and landing a gig as Glenn O'Brien's personal assistant...
Ring in the holiday season with laughter as Horizon Theatre Company brings back its popular annual holiday production of "The Santaland Diaries"...

Grownup bedtime stories

0 View Larger Image . In the early 1990s, then-obscure writer David Sedaris was reading stories at a Chicago club when Ira Glass walked in. The NPR...
Earlier this month, the Toronto Star published a story called “Footloose and gender-free,” which sympathetically profiled a young couple trying to...

Literary guide

0 Today David Sedaris. "Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk." 7 p.m. $40-$60. War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 865-2000.. Monday John...
With Monday's release of Tina Fey's Bossypants, a memoir that recalls life before Liz Lemon, we have a look back at our three favourite female...
Forty-two-year-old comedy writer Mike Sacks beats a time-honoured path toward his stories. The author, an editor at Vanity Fair whose wisecracks...

Reynolds lures Sandra at party

It's a new year, and celebs are making a fresh start. Sandra Bullock is smooching Ryan Reynolds. "Jersey Shore" has a new cast member. Kendra...

What's with all the apes?

We've noticed, in recent months, that there seems to be more books about animals than usual. Yann Martel built his novel Beatrice and Virgil around...