PORTLAND – Hailed by Booklist as “brilliantly eloquent” and by Time magazine as “Humorist of the Year,” NPR comic genius David Sedaris will be at Merrill Auditorium Friday, April 3, for an evening of cutting wit, social satire and riveting conversation.

Among his acclaimed New York Times bestsellers are “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” and his new “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” Tickets, $40, $50 and $55, may be purchased by calling 842-0800 or in person at PortTix in the Merrill Auditorium lobby.

Sedaris’ 2006 performance at Merrill was a sell-out.