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This event is in the past.It took place on September 28, 2026 at Benaroya Hall.
Literature Talk
Star performerSAL Presents: George Saunders with Jeff Martin — 'Vigil: A Novel'
September 28 at 7:30pm
Downtown Seattle, Seattle
✍️"the most humane American writer working today" (Harper's)
👑Sedaris calls Martin the "Literary King of Tulsa"
🎟️Cheap TeenTix and community access tickets available
SAL Presents: George Saunders with Jeff Martin — 'Vigil: A Novel' [NEW DATE!]
- Venue: Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
- Address: 200 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
- Date and Time: Monday, September 28, 2026, at 7:30 PM
- Host: Seattle Arts & Lectures and Third Place Books
- Artists/Performers:
- George Saunders: Booker Prize-winning author of thirteen books, including Lincoln in the Bardo and Liberation Day. He hosts the Story Club on Substack and teaches at Syracuse University.
- Jeff Martin: Chief of Creative Strategy and Storytelling at Seattle Art Museum and President/Co-Founder of Magic City Books.
- Activity Description: An evening with decorated author George Saunders discussing his new novel, Vigil. The novel takes place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life, exploring themes of corporate greed, capitalism, environmental perils, life, death, good, evil, and absolution. Jeff Martin will join Saunders in conversation.
- Editorial Recommendations:
- "Saunders is the most humane American writer working today." —Harper's
- David Sedaris hailed Jeff Martin as the "Literary King of Tulsa" in a recent New York Times profile.
Booker Prize winner
Author talk
Q&A session
Literary conversation
Literature Talk
Star performerSAL Presents: George Saunders with Jeff Martin — 'Vigil: A Novel'
September 28 at 7:30pm
Downtown Seattle, Seattle
✍️"the most humane American writer working today" (Harper's)
👑Sedaris calls Martin the "Literary King of Tulsa"
🎟️Cheap TeenTix and community access tickets available
SAL Presents: George Saunders with Jeff Martin — 'Vigil: A Novel' [NEW DATE!]
- Venue: Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
- Address: 200 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101, United States
- Date and Time: Monday, September 28, 2026, at 7:30 PM
- Host: Seattle Arts & Lectures and Third Place Books
- Artists/Performers:
- George Saunders: Booker Prize-winning author of thirteen books, including Lincoln in the Bardo and Liberation Day. He hosts the Story Club on Substack and teaches at Syracuse University.
- Jeff Martin: Chief of Creative Strategy and Storytelling at Seattle Art Museum and President/Co-Founder of Magic City Books.
- Activity Description: An evening with decorated author George Saunders discussing his new novel, Vigil. The novel takes place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life, exploring themes of corporate greed, capitalism, environmental perils, life, death, good, evil, and absolution. Jeff Martin will join Saunders in conversation.
- Editorial Recommendations:
- "Saunders is the most humane American writer working today." —Harper's
- David Sedaris hailed Jeff Martin as the "Literary King of Tulsa" in a recent New York Times profile.
Booker Prize winner
Author talk
Q&A session
Literary conversation