Read more David Sedaris stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31509/david-sedaris.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47282/need-a-blurb-meet-the-usual-suspects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlurbs for hot new writers' books unfailingly liken them to a handful of known quantities, Chris Rovzar observes in New York . Here are some of the most-abused blurb comparisons: F. Scott Fitzgerald or Edith Wharton. Writing about crumbling, decadent high society? "If you're a boy, you're Scott; if you're a...http://www.newser.com/story/47282/need-a-blurb-meet-the-usual-suspects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 17:43:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his new book of nonfiction essays, Engulfed in Flames , David Sedaris finds himself engulfed in questions of truth and accuracy. In America, the recent explosion of memoirs has been followed with one scandal after another, prompting more scrutiny of the humorist’s work. “I do think Sedaris exaggerates too much...http://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 10:45:00 CDT