Best-Selling Author David Sedaris Coming to the UA
He will be signing copies of his newest book on July 1 at the UA BookStore.
National Public Radio humorist and best-selling author David Sedaris will read from and sign his new book of essays, "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" on Tuesday, July 1 at The University of Arizona BookStore.
Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian and radio contributor. He came to prominence in 1992 when NPR broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries." As of 2008, his books have collectively sold 7 million copies.
Sedaris will begin with a reading at 5 p.m. at the stage area on the main level of the UA BookStore located at the Student Union Memorial Center. After the reading he will sign copies of his book.
The BookStore will have copies of “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” for purchase at a 20 percent discount.
About " “When You Are Engulfed in Flames”
Sedaris is known for his remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life. His world view is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever with his new book of essays.
Sedaris captures the bizarre conundrums of daily life such as the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or his use of LP covers to soundproof windows against neurotic songbirds but he also uses the absurd to capture the most deeply resonant human truths.
These truths are back dropped against his experience in taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, in an encounter with a dingo, in the purchase of a human skeleton and culminates in a brilliant account of his attempt to quit smoking – in Tokyo.
Book-Signing Event Details
Admission is free and open to the public; however, anyone wishing to have a book signed will need to pick up a color-coded ticket in front of the store to reserve his or her place in line for the signing.
When the signing begins, attendees will be invited form a line according to their ticket color (each color group will consist of 100 attendees). Attendees are welcome to come early to get a ticket and then return later, and are asked to limit the number of books they are having signed to three.
Guests bringing in their own books to have signed must have them marked by a BookStore staff member at the store entryway.
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- What | Book Signing with David Sedaris
- When | Tues,. July 1 at 5 p.m.
- Where | UA BookStore, Student Union Memorial Center
- Extra Info |
No photography or videography is allowed at the event, including recording with cell phones and other mobile devices.
- Contact Info
UA BookStore
520-621-2814
