An Evening With David Sedaris

On Monday, June 15 at 6:30pm, Magic City Books presents a special event with David Sedaris to celebrate the publication of his latest essay collection, The Land and Its People.

Following a talk and audience Q&A, David Sedaris will sign books and meet guests at Magic City Books.

To ensure our event is accessible as possible, we have multiple ticketing options:

• A paid ticket to our in-store talk and audience Q&A that includes one (1) copy of David Sedaris' new book, The Land and Its People ($30 value) and one (1) general admission seat at Magic City Books. Following the talk, this ticket also grants you access to the first signing group at the store.
• A free ticket to an audio-only livestream of the talk that includes one (1) general admission seat at FlyLoft (117 N Boston Ave). Following the talk, this ticket also grants you access to the second signing group at the store.
• A free ticket to only the signing portion at the store, after the talk. After the first two signing groups, you will be able to meet David Sedaris in the order in which you arrive at the store that evening.

Round Table members will be able to purchase tickets to the talk starting April 20. All other General Admission tickets will be available starting April 22.

There is a limit of four tickets per transaction for each ticket type. Please provide the full name and email address of each ticket holder so that all event notifications and information can be sent to all attendees.

About The Land and Its People

In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. A ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of “Countries I Have Been To,” he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest’s cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo.
Time takes its toll: scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn’t bear to outlive, and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn’t. It’s easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, “Enough Is Enough.” And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants.
Throughout these essays—at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.

About the Author

David Sedaris is the author of fifteen previous books, including Happy-Go-Lucky, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.

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