I finally got around to devouring Me Talk Pretty One Day, thanks to a reader who snagged it off my list. I’ve read a couple of David Sedaris’s articles previously and friends have been recommending the book (along with Naked) for months and months, but for some reason I had just never read it. I can’t believe I waited as long as I did; reading the title story in an NYU lounge earlier today I was actually laughing so audibly I had to leave the room so as not to disturb people trying to study. Buy this book.

Speaking of books - walking by Shakespeare & Co on Broadway today I noticed a sign proclaiming that “THE NEW DAVE EGGERS BOOK IS 10% OFF”; I didn’t have a chance to go in at the time, but looking around on Amazon just now I couldn’t seem to find anything that might qualify as THE NEW DAVE EGGERS BOOK, unless it would be The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002, of which I guess he was one of the editors. Was I misled? Is there something else I should be aware of? Someone enlighten me.