NWAA, KNKX 88.5fm & The Stranger present
An Evening with David Sedaris
November 19, 2018 · 7:30pm
Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
Click here to order tickets at www.benaroyahall.org
“Sedaris… sucked me into some nerdy netherworld where real life becomes weirder and funnier and darker and bleaker than, well, real life.”
– Alan Cumming, New York Times
In its review of David Sedaris’ new book Calypso, the Washington Post said, “After 25 years and nine essay collections, after publishing 500 pages of his own diary, the most shocking thing David Sedaris can do is reveal that he’s been holding things back.”
Following its publication in May, Calypso immediately shot to the top of the NY Times bestseller list, and now David returns to Seattle for his annual reading and signing at Benaroya Hall. Slashing through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, he will delight the audience with twists of humor and intelligence as he shares both published stories and works-in-progress. In its review of his new book Entertainment Weekly says, “Through his peculiar mind, Sedaris captures biting truths, documenting with journalistic precision his quiet public indignities and milking them for all their tragicomic worth.”
About the author:
David Sedaris is the author of the books Calypso, Theft by Finding, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio International’s This American Life. He lives in England.