Book: Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People
Author: Amy Sedaris
Reviewer: Michael Robert Nutt, NCSU Libraries Fellow

Genius and obsession are often two sides of the same coin. With chapter titles like “Sausages”, “Teenagers Have a Lot of Pain”, and “Making Love”, Simple Times is a hilarious compendium of absurdist crafts. Every page is drenched in comedy, but what really makes this picture-crammed book amazing is Sedaris’ very real command of the crafting arts and a bottomless attention to detail. One gets the distinct impression that “Crafting While Ramped Up On Amphetamines” was written from experience.