David Sedaris Editor: Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Collection of Short Stories- Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules First Paperback Edition First Printing 2005 Soon to be vintage. 256 pages Some shelfwear and creasing of cover. This book is an anthology of short stories edited and introduced by David Sedaris. Sedaris published this book in order to support 826NYC, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center in Brooklyn, New York.  All of his proceeds, after permission expenses, from Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules will benefit this organization designed to help students ages six to eighteen develop their writing skills through free writing workshops, publishing projects, and one-on-one help with homework and English-language learning. In the book's epilogue, Sarah Vowell describes 826NYC's work. The book's title references a painting by Adriaen van der Werff. #Alice Munroe, Dorothy Parker, Tobias Wolff, Joyce Carol Oates, Jimmy Willett