Master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers, David Sedaris returns to Arts & Letters Live for the 12th year to read new and unpublished material. Sedaris is beloved for his personal essays, which regularly appear in the New Yorker, and is the author of numerous books, including Calypso,; A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003–2020); and his latest collection, Happy-Go-Lucky.

Sedaris has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. 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.