Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories Audiobook (Free)

In a collection of personal essays that are “both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff” (Esquire), longtime documenting artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting sober.

In 16 brilliantly observed true stories, Sam Harris emerges as a natural humorist in league with David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Carrie Fisher, and Steve Martin, but having a voice about Ham: Slices of the Life: Essays and Stories uniquely his own. Praised with the Chicago Sun-Times for his “manic, witty commentary,” and with a storytelling skill The New York Times phone calls “New Yorker- valuable,” he places a comedic spin on full-disclosure shows from his own colorful life. In “PERSONALLY I THINK, You Feel” he opens for Aretha Franklin during a blizzard. “Guarantees” can be a front-row accounts of Liza Minnelli’s infamous wedding ceremony to “the man whose name shall proceed unmentioned.” In “The Zoo Tale” Harris frantically searches for a common bond along with his rough-and-tumble four-year-old kid.

What better spot to find painfully funny materials than in developing up homosexual, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt? And that’s just the 1st cut: From partying to parenting, from Weekend school to getting sober, these slices of Ham will have you laughing and wiping away salty tears in similar measure with their common and down-to-earth charm. After all, there’s a little ham in all of us.