Copyright © 2000 by David Sedaris
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Acknowledgment is made to the following, in which various forms of this book’s pieces first appeared: New Yorker: “Genetic Engineering” • Esquire: “You Can’t Kill the Rooster,” “The Youth in Asia,” “A Shiner Like a Diamond,” “Big Boy,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Jesus Shaves,” “I’ll Eat What He’s Wearing,” “Smart Guy” • “This American Life”: “Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities,” “Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist” • BBC Radio 4: “The Great Leap Forward,” “Today’s Special,” “City of Angels,” “The Tapeworm Is In.”
ISBN: 978-0-316-07365-3