Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

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]

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

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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