Wilmington, NC An Evening with David Sedaris

Wed Oct 29 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

515 Wagoner Dr, Wilmington, NC, United States, North Carolina 28403 | Wilmington

UNCW Kenan Auditorium
Publisher/HostUNCW Kenan Auditorium
Wilmington, NC An Evening with David Sedaris
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Back by popular demand, beloved humorist and North Carolina native David Sedaris returns to UNCW with his sharp wit, signature storytelling, and unforgettable blend of humor and heart.
David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is a master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers. Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, David Sedaris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, and Calypso.
There are over 16 million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 32 languages. He has been awarded the Terry Southern Prize for Humor, Thurber Prize for American Humor, Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, Time 2001 Humorist of the Year Award, as well as the Medal for Spoken Language from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In March 2019 he was elected as a member into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2020 the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day one of the 125 most important books of the last 125 years.
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