David Sedaris to speak at University of Iowa on Wednesday

David Sedaris, one of America’s most popular humorists, will be at the University of Iowa on Wednesday.

Sedaris, 56, has written eight books, most of them collections of his self-deprecating personal essays. Known for his sardonic wit and social critiques, he is a regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine and to National Public Radio.

Sedaris’ best-sellers include “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your family in Corduroy and Denim”  and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” His books have sold more than 7 million copies and have been translated into 25 languages.

IF YOU GO

David Sedaris, 8 p.m. Wednesday, University of Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge, Iowa City. Cost: $39.50.

TODAY

Alisa Ganieva (Russia) and Bilal Tanweer (Pakistan), International Writing Program residents reading, 4 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

MONDAY

Salgado Maranhao and Alexis Levitin, Writing University program reading, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

TUESDAY

Literary Lunch Hour, Iowa Writers’ Workshop student Zac Gall will lead a discussion of Julie Orringer’s short story “How to Breathe Underwater,” 12:30 p.m., 1185 Medical Education & Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Lunch served to those who RSVP by email to david-etler@uiowa.edu by noon Monday.

WEDNESDAY

Little Free Libraries, Founder Todd Bol will discuss building and installing the libraries, 7 p.m., Iowa City Public Library meeting room A, 123 S. Linn St.

Steven Erikson and Jason Lewis, Writing University program reading, 7 and 8:30 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

Late-night reading series, featuring Iowa Writers’ Workshop writers, 10 p.m., The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City. Must be 21 or older.

THURSDAY

Jim McKean, 7 p.m. in Basile Hall’s Flaherty Community Room, Mount Mercy University, 1330 Elmhurst Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids. Mount Mercy professor emeritus will read from his essays and poetry. There will be a question-and-answer session at 3:30 p.m. in the Flaherty Community Room.

Ethel Kjaer Barker, Nick Twemlow and Joel Craig, Writing University program reading, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

FRIDAY

Mary Johnson, 7 p.m., Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library, 360 W. 11th St., Dubuque. A nun with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, will read from her memoir, “An Unquenchable Thirst.”