World-renowned author David Sedaris will take the stage this Wednesday in San Antonio for a night of literature and laughter.
The one-night-only event at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will consist of readings, anecdotes, a Q&A session and a book signing.
Funny as his compositions and observations are, Sedaris’s legacy is nothing to snicker at. He carries with him a backlog of bestsellers dating from the ’90s to the present, including the novel Me Talk Pretty One Day, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List in 2013.
Sedaris is also a regular on radio and podcasts, appearing on NPR, the BBC and This American Life, which alone reaches 3.5 million listeners weekly. Many of his works are elegant rants on serious subjects. It’s his wit and empathy that sets him apart from other contemporary humorists.
The Tobin Center event will celebrate Sedaris’s two most recent releases: Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) – a collection of essays exploring his transition into late midlife amidst the presidential transition of power — and Pretty Ugly (2024) – a graphic novel penned in collaboration with illustrator Ian Falconer.
$51-$75, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org.
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This article appears in Oct 16-29, 2024.