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books on tape is another good topic...I only like them if it's the author reading his/her own work... and even then it's never a supplement for the real thing. It's almost like watching the movie instead of reading the book.
But I love Sedaris on tape... I also have some T.S. Eliot reading some of his poems. I think I've heard some Carl Sandburg recordings, and Shel Silverstein is also great... odd duck tho.
I'm not generally really big on humor, but the two all-time greats as far as I'm concerned would have to be Mark Twain and James Thurber. Contemporary, I dunno. Billy Bryson I like quite a bit, though he is fairly limited in the areas he covers as opposed to Sedaris who seems to be more "typical" in that he's all over the map.
Mark Twain... no doubt. I think we share an appreciation for Puddenhead Wilson. And some of his travel diaries.. Roughin It and so forth, are great.
I liked Patrick McManus. He's a wildlife columnist/humorist. Tells yarns of his childhood in Upstate Idaho in the 30's/40's.
and my wife introduced me to David Sedaris a few years ago (he gives a great live readings, and his stories on tape are really fun too)
Who else is good in this genre?