Ruby Everyday
The Gay Life of the Carniverous Kookaburra

I too have strong memories from my childhood of the kookaburra song.

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Laugh, Kookaburra

I’ve been to Australia twice so far, but according to my father I’ve never actually seen it. He made this observation at the home of my cousin Joan, whom he and I visited just before Christmas last year, and it came on the heels of an equally aggressive comment. “Well,” he said, “David’s a better reader than he is a writer.” This from someone who hasn’t opened a book since “Dave Stockton’s Putt to Win,” in 1996. He’s never been to Australia, either. Never even come close.

- From the archives, David Sedaris’s 2009 piece, “Laugh, Kookaburra”: http://nyr.kr/sT3jeg

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