David Sedaris, Who Long Ago Mastered a Sense of Surprise, Ruminates on Anger, Trash and Texas

The best way to interview David Sedaris is to have a conversation with him. You never quite know where the ride will take you, but it's always entertaining and in its own way unexpected.Now 62, Sedaris long ago mastered a sense of surprise.Take, for instance, his reaction to the deluge of British crime shows permeating streaming services around the world but especially in North America.Sedaris and his boyfriend, artist Hugh Hamrick, have lived in England for years, so Sedaris speaks with authority when he says, "The police in England are worthless. I mean worth-less. If they witnessed a crime, they couldn't solve it. That's what's funny to me about those crime shows, because no one's worse."  Continue reading...