Sedaris’s writing makes it okay for all of us losers to admit we are. His “SantaLand Diaries” was an expose of humiliation. He was like superhero, with a big ‘L’ on his chest.<\/p>\n
He managed to take all the embarrassing things, the sorts of things we don’t want to admit to, and make them so wickedly witty they are badges of honor.<\/p>\n
It inspires me; makes me brave to try to write my humiliations.<\/p>\n
This latest offering, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim<\/em>, reaches a little deeper.<\/p>\n The fact is, there are some humiliations that you can be funny about, and some that you just can’t. This book takes it there. David opened a vein for us.<\/p>\n There are some side-splitter stories, more of Christmas in “Six to Eight Black Men” that made me laugh till I cried. But Sedaris goes on to talk about his first pubescent sleepover, a terrifying experience fraught with danger for a fledgling homosexual. The tension of his fantasy-come-true triumph during strip poker was genius.<\/p>\n He told a sad story of his estrangement from his youngest sister, of his hopelessness at being the kind of brother she needed. He visits his fears and anguishes over being gay in a very straight world. His obsessive-compulsive disorders take him places he does not want to go.<\/p>\n I like this book. I love Sedaris. I am so glad that he keeps writing. I hope he never stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sedaris’s writing makes it okay for all of us losers to admit we are. His “SantaLand Diaries” was an expose of humiliation. He was like superhero, with a big ‘L’ on his chest. He managed to take all the embarrassing … Continue reading