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Crafts for poor people which was published in 2010 and has made the new york times best seller list. The humorists new book is a collection of entries from his 40 years worth of diaries. Melonie diaz, david krumholtz, justin long, amy sedaris, jon heder, and paul w. David raymond sedaris is an american humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor.
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