If you’ve read David Sedaris’s latest best-selling essay collection, “ Happy-Go-Lucky ,” you understand why he politely requests your address at the beginning of a phone interview. “When I go on a book tour, I write to everyone who interviews me, to every store and media escort,” Sedaris humbly…

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