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Comedy Notes

His life is an open book he mines for laughs

The new book of essays by Steve Almond of Arlington started out as a biography of Kurt Vonnegut. The new book of essays by Steve Almond of Arlington started out as a biography of Kurt Vonnegut. (Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe)
By Nick A. Zaino III
Globe Correspondent / September 7, 2007

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In the course of his new book, "(Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions," to be released Tuesday, Steve Almond relives some of his most embarrassing sexual encounters, fights Sean Hannity for airtime on Fox News, declares himself the Red Sox Anti-Christ, and almost kills his infant daughter several times (or thinks he does). And while he might not ... (Full article: 598 words)

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