DAVID SEDARIS: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
Schedule
Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
387 Perkins Ext, Memphis, TN, United States, Tennessee 38117 | Memphis, TN
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Join us as we welcome DAVID SEDARIS on MONDAY, JUNE 22 at 6:00 PM to celebrate the release of his new book THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE**Please note this is a Line Ticketed Event**
Line tickets guarantee you a place in line but do not guarantee a seat. Seating is limited and first come first serve.
Line tickets will have a group letter on them. After the author has finished speaking, we will line up Groups A and B. If you have a line ticket with Group C or later, feel free to browse the store or grab something to drink while you wait.
Line tickets are not required to meet David. Any guests without a line ticket will be allowed to join the line behind the last ticket holder.
Line tickets are assigned in order of purchase of THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE from novel, so pre order your copy today!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
"A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist...Sedaris remains a national treasure." --Kirkus (starred review)
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.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
"It's classic Sedaris: sharp, shameless, and strangely tender."-- Oprah Daily
"Dry, sharp, and delightfully observant...It's already on my list of books I suspect I'll read more than once."-- Garden & Gun
"A new David Sedaris collection is a publishing event."-- Literary Hub
"Sedaris remains a national treasure...In [ The Land and Its People] our premier comic essayist does what he does best."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A funny and heartfelt essay collection on friendship, family, and aging...Sedaris's wit and keen awareness of life's absurdities are on full display. These essays are among the best of his career."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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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