David Sedaris on Australia: ‘It’s Canada in a Thong’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.19.09 | 4:19 PM ET
That line is one of the comedic high points in a rather moving story about Australia, kookaburras and family by David Sedaris in the latest New Yorker.
Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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