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Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls

David Sedaris

A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. With Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" (Washington Post).

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyAward Category: PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismEssays & Cultural CriticismIntelligence, Secrecy & SurveillanceLabor, Work & OrganizingFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay2014FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • David Sedaris82%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.