DescriptionMike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the…
DescriptionThis audio is like an informal writing clinic, as you listen to these writers talk about their lives, experiences and, of course, their writing. While you are listening, Terry Gross draws out from these great writers the answers to your questions, just as the query begins to form in your own head. Listen to Terry's conversations with Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Richard Price, Philip Roth, James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson, John Updike, David Rakoff, Fran Lebowitz, David Sedaris, and Billy Collins.
DescriptionChildren Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris. With this audiobook a careful listener can discover the truth about loneliness, betrayal, love, and hope. "Where the Door is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out" by Patricia Highsmith, read by Cherry Jones "Bullet In the Brain" by Tobias Wolff, read by Toby Wherry "Gryphon" by Charles Baxter, read by David Sedaris "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel, read by Mary-Louise Parker "Cosmopolitan" by Akhil Sharma, read by the author…
