David Sedaris Book Signing in Rhinebeck May 27
David Sedaris comes to Oblong Books for an already sold out reading and an open book signing in support of his new collection, The Land and Its People.
Wednesday, May 27, 7pm | Rhinebeck, NY | 8:45pm
David Sedaris comes to Oblong Books in Rhinebeck on May 27 in support of his new collection, The Land and Its People. The reading tickets are sold out, but Oblong is offering a free signing-only line for people who want to get a book signed without attending the reading — that line forms at 7:45 pm, with doors opening at 8:45.
The Land and Its People is Sedaris's sixteenth book, a collection of essays about travel, caregiving, friendship, and the particular rewards of paying close attention to the world. One thread follows him tending to his partner Hugh after hip-replacement surgery, with the mix of tenderness and haplessness you'd expect. Sedaris has been a staff writer at The New Yorker and a regular on This American Life for decades, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019. His live readings tend to include new diary entries and works-in-progress alongside material from the book, and he is famous for staying at signings until every last person in line has been seen.
No photography or cell phones during the event, at the author's request.
Oblong Books, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY. Free signing-line tickets at oblongbooks.com.
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