David Sedaris on a Career-Spanning Collection

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David Sedaris on a Career-Spanning Collection

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Dec 4, 2020

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Sedaris talks about “The Best of Me” and his life as an essayist.

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Dec 4, 2020

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Patrick Modiano’s ‘Suspended Sentences’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Leaving Before the Rains Come’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Disappearing Religions by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘H Is for Hawk’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Jill Leovy’s ‘Ghettoside’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Last Flight of Poxl West’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Elliot Ackerman’s ‘Green on Blue’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life” by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: A Rare View of North Korea by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: The Future of Work by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Love and Lies’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Spinster’ and Public Shaming by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘America’s Bitter Pill’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Folded Clock’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Judy Blume’s ‘In the Unlikely Event’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Opposite of Spoiled’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Brothers,’ About the Boston Marathon Bombers by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Guantánamo Diary’ by The Book Review
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Matthew Weiner On the End of ‘Mad Men’ by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Shakespeare in Love by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Mass Murder in Norway by The Book Review
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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘A God in Ruins’ by The Book Review
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