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Best-selling Author David Sedaris Returns to San Diego
La Jolla, C.A.—One of America’s preeminent humor writers, David Sedaris returns to ArtPower at UC San Diego on Sunday, November 22, at 7 p.m. An ArtPower fan favorite for many years, best-selling author Sedaris returns with fresh writing and biting social critiques that make him a master of satire. The event takes place at Balboa Theatre (868 4th Avenue, San Diego, 92101). Tickets are $40–55 and can be ordered online at boxoffice.ucsd.edu, by calling the box office at 858.534.TIXS (8497), or on ticketmaster.com. Come early or stick around post-performance for Sedaris’ legendary book signing sessions with books available to purchase from Warwick’s. Additional program information can be found at artpower.ucsd.edu.
About David Sedaris
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy, and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and his most recent book, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls is a 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of fables entitled Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (with illustrations by Ian Falconer). Sedaris’ pieces appear regularly in the New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are a total of ten million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.
About ArtPower
ArtPower at UC San Diego builds creative experiences in music, dance, film, exhibition, and food for our collective pleasure and inspiration. We engage diverse audiences through vibrant, challenging, multi-disciplinary performances by emerging and renowned international artists. Through extensive partnerships, ArtPower provides exciting opportunities for research, participation, and creation of new work, igniting powerful dialogue between artists, students, scholars, and the community.
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