David Rakoff is the author of the hilarious and best selling essay anthologies Fraud and Don't Get Too Comfortable, countless articles that have appeared in publications such as Vogue, GQ, and Salon, ...

When writer David Rakoff died Thursday at the age 47, he was barely the age he said he was always "meant" to be. In his 2010 memoir, Half Empty, he wrote, "Everyone has an internal age, a time in life ...

As a prolific freelance writer and a regular commentator on NPR's This American Life, David Rakoff has stumbled across some interesting subjects. However, like a lot of comedic essayists, Rakoff ...

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Longtime This American Life contributor David Rakoff died of cancer last August, inspiring a deeply moving tribute episode from Ira Glass and company. Now, in anticipation of the release of Rakoff’s ...

Like most students this week, I was flooded with the first wave of tests and projects in almost every class. I knew I had a book review to do, but didn?t think that there would be any time for me to ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — David Rakoff, an award-winning humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture developed a loyal following of readers and radio listeners, has died after a long illness. He was 47.

Poor David Rakoff–his name is forever hopelessly twinned with that of his gayer, more famous, France-dwelling friend David Sedaris. It’s a fair comparison, to some degree: both traffic in wry, ...

Known for his sobering honesty and biting wit, David Rakoff said it was healthy to employ "a certain kind of clear-eyed examination of the world... David Rakoff Saw The World In All Its Dark Beauty ...

A two-time recipient of the Lambda Book Award for Humor, David Rakoff is a regular contributor to Public Radio International's *This American Life* and *The New York Times Magazine*, a correspondent ...