Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
First edition
AuthorDavid Sedaris
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssay collection
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
April 23, 2013
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages288 pages
ISBN978-0-316-15469-7
Preceded bySquirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary 
Followed byCalypso 

Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls is a collection of narrative essays by David Sedaris.[1][2][3] The book was released on April 23, 2013.[4] It debuted at the Number One Spot on the New York Times Bestseller List.[5] Sedaris has said the title was one he had considered for his previous book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and was inspired by a fan's suggestion that he inscribe a book with a message along the lines of "explore your inner feelings: "I never write what people ask me so I said, 'I’ll keep the word explore' and I wrote, 'let’s explore diabetes with owls.'"[6]

Essays

  1. Dentists Without Borders
  2. Attaboy
  3. Think Differenter
  4. Memory Laps
  5. A Friend in the Ghetto
  6. Loggerheads
  7. If I Ruled the World
  8. Easy, Tiger
  9. Laugh, Kookaburra
  10. Standing Still
  11. Just a Quick E-mail
  12. A Guy Walks into a Bar Car
  13. Author, Author
  14. Obama!!!!!
  15. Standing By
  16. I Break for Traditional Marriage
  17. Understanding Understanding Owls
  18. #2 to Go
  19. Health-Care Freedom and Why I Want My Country Back
  20. Now Hiring Friendly People
  21. Rubbish
  22. Day In, Day Out
  23. Mind the Gap
  24. A Cold Case
  25. The Happy Place
  26. Dog Days

References

  1. ^ Zaltzman, Helen (6 April 2014). "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls review – recollections of a resolute outsider". The Observer. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  2. ^ "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, by David Sedaris, review". The Daily Telegraph. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  3. ^ "Review: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, By david Sedaris". The Independent. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  4. ^ Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls: David Sedaris: 9780316154697: Amazon.com: Books. 2013-04-23. ISBN 978-0316154697.
  5. ^ Cowles, Gregory. "Best Sellers - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  6. ^ Caitlyn Colford. "A conversation with David Sedaris: Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls" (interview in conjunction with publication of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk), Huffington Post, 9 November 2010.
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