While mindlessly surfing around the crazy world-wide Internet the other night I came across this very excellent video showcasing the Author David Sedaris where he reads from his new book, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls”. David discusses the complexities of Chinese food and working with monkeys with Jonathan Ross at the Apple Store Regent Street in London. It’s both enlightening, hilarious and very entertaining.

The video is FREE to watch but you will have to have iTunes installed on your computer (works on both Windows and Mac). Here’s the LINK to David’s talk and if you don’t have iTunes, but want it (Yes, it’s 2013… you NEED it!), then you can find the download area at the very bottom left-hand side of the page. Hey, just CLICK HERE!

Cartoonist, Illustrator, Graphic Artist… no matter how you say it, the artwork of SETH is pretty amazing! Over at the NATIONAL POST Website they recently conducted a pretty damn interesting interview with the Artist. He mostly talks about his experience of working with Chip Kidd on David Rakoff’s latest book, “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish” (Knopf Doubleday) and how he balanced the ethics of drawing art for an Author who has, sadly, passed away during the publishing process.

The article shares some great insight into Seth’s art and you’re gonna love reading it, just CLICK HERE!

Here’s a quick to post to introduce and share a wonderful book review (and assessment of the Author) for David Rakoff’s new book, "Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish" (Doubleday). The book is out now and this article was recently published at the 680 NEWS website. It was written by Cassandra Szklarski, a Member of the Canadian Press. Like we said earlier, she not only covers the book in great detail but she also conducted a small interview with Ira Glass (NPR - This American Life) about the life and work of David Rakoff. Good job Cassandra & Thank You.

Readers, you can check out this awesome Book Review by clicking RIGHT HERE!

Author Douglas Rushkoff made a recent appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast where they had a very lengthy discussion about Rushkoff’s new book, “PRESENT SHOCK: WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENS NOW“ (Current Hardcover). Marc said the book has him questioning his codependent relationship with technology, particularly social media. Douglas and Marc both talk about the pace and access of technology and what that means for our lives. The conversation is pretty interesting, check it out!

WARNING: This audio contains some “spicy” language, so it might not be safe for work, ha!

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Presented here, for your viewing pleasure, is an extremely in-depth interview recently conducted at Penn State University by the Host, Patty Satalia. She delivered a lovely, and very well researched, conversation with Book Cover Designer Chip Kidd. They talked about the History of Graphic Design, the Future of Books in General, and What are Some Important Issues Facing Publishers Today. They also discuss the importance of Penn State University on his life and work, especially his first novel, “The Cheese Monkeys, A Novel In Two Semesters”. Don’t believe us? Well, here’s the video to prove it, check it out!

Also, Please visit Patty Satalia’s official website CONVERSATIONS FROM PENN STATE because, there, they have a few more videos of “Conversations with Chip Kidd” that are well worth listening to. Also, while you’re there, you might check out some of her other interviews with other guests too. We promise, they’re ALL very interesting and really good stuff!! Just CLICK HERE!

YOUR PUBLIC MEDIA recently posted a previously unaired conversation that Faith Middleton had with the late essayist, and now novelist, David Rakoff on the benefits of pessimism and anxiety. They discuss some of his previous books, essays, and also cover his new book, “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel” (Doubleday, Published June 16th, 2013, Cover & Interior Design by Chip Kidd).

"I would hope that we could get to the point where it stops being pathologized for someone to have that anxious mental rehearsal where they're really kind of ruining everybody's fun with their worried monologue about whether there's enough oxygen and where are the fire exits and what's going to happen if it rains?" - David Rakoff

Here’s the original audio & it's a rollicking good talk about the positive side of negative thinking. Tune in, and Listen:

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In a recent interview on The Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC Radio) Ira Glass, from THIS AMERICAN LIFE (NPR), spoke about his collaboration with Author David Rakoff on creating the Audiobook for Rakoff’s brand-new book titled: Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish (Doubleday). Of course the regular format of the book is being released today, July 16th, and has already received a ton of praise and great book reviews. Please be sure to look for it on your next visit of your favorite bookstore. You’ll be glad you did. (We also want to mention that Chip Kidd designed this book’s cover and contents).

The audio we have here is the interview with Ira Glass. He was interviewed by Guest Host, Martha Plimpton. She did an amazing job and they both covered the book, and David’s life, extremely well. Please give it a quick listen!

The always super-awesome THIS AMERICAN LIFE Radio Show just recently celebrated their 500th episode and SLATE Magazine interviewed Ira Glass about it. Down below is their series of interview videos and they share a lot of insight in to how the show was created, how Ira Glass gets people to open-up in interviews, and also what it’s like to finally hit 500!

Over at THE NEW YORK TIMES online edition, in their “Books” section, they recently published a very special Book Review for David Rakoff’s last book to be published, "Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish" (Doubleday, a Division of Random House). The thing that made it special was that the Reporter, Joel Lovell, went the extra-mile and not only wrote a very touching story about this new book, but he also shared a lot about the late Author as well and even included a ton of extra visual material.

If you visit their site, CLICK HERE, then you’ll see what we’re talking about. There’s a video of David Rakoff reading an excerpt from the book titled, “Mindy’s Toast”. There are also a ton of great reference photos showcasing both the design of the book (Designed by Chip Kidd) and some random photos of David and his friends. It’s all very well done and kind of touching as well.

Then, they even included a few audio clips from the audiobook. I mean, WOW! Like I said, they went the extra-mile on this and we could not be more thankful or proud. It’s a great tribute to him as both an Author and person. The book is wonderful, it’s almost like a gift from David and we really miss him. But it’s a wonderful thing that his insight and humor will live on. This book will be made available on July 16th, 2013.

This is pretty exciting news! Well, to me anyway… you see, I’m a HUGE fan of both Marc Maron AND Davis Sedaris. So, it’s so ultra cool that Marc interviewed David yesterday and you can hear it all, right now, right here, down below. The weird thing though, David Sedaris has a big book out right now, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” and during the podcast they don’t even mention it but they sure do talk a lot about Marc Maron’s new memoir, “Attempting Normal”. OK, it’s still a great interview, check it out!

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