Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his ninth series for Radio 4.
This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Nine, which was broadcast on Radio 4. The full listing is:
Episode One:
Happy Go Lucky
Diary: April 23 2011, Tempe; September 2 2020, Rackham; October 23 2021, Chicago
Episode Two:
Fresh Caught Haddock
Audience Q&A
Episode Three:
Pussytoes
Episode Four:
Eat The Rich
A Speech To The Graduates
Best Wishes
Episode Five:
My Corona
A Better Place
Diary: August 11 2021, Rackham; February 10 2012, Paris; January 27 2018, Tokyo; November 30 2022, New York
Episode Six:
Sweet Land of Liberty
Diary: October 22, 2022 Jackson, Miss;
David Sedaris is the author of fifteen previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, Calypso and Happy-Go-Lucky. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor. Sedaris lives in Sussex and travels regularly to the US.