On Tuesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m., the State Theatre New Jersey welcomes humorist David Sedaris.

Beloved for his personal essays and short stories, Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls and Calypso, which was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year.

His pieces regularly appear in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” The first volume of his diaries Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) was a New York Times best-selling book. His book, The Best of Me, is a collection of 42 previously published stories and essays, about which novelist Andrew Sean Greer wrote in the New York Times: “You must read The Best of Me. It will be a new experience, knowing that enough time has passed to find humor in the hardest parts of life. More than ever — we’re allowed to laugh.”

Sedaris has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word and Comedy Album. In 2020, the New York Public Library voted Me Talk Pretty One Day one of the 125 most important books of the past 125 years.

Books will be available for purchase at the event with the opportunity for book signing both before and after the presentation.

Buy tickets in advance at www.stnj.org/events/detail/david-sedaris.

State Theatre New Jersey is located at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick.