This event is in the past.It took place on February 3, 2026 at Rio Theatre.
Literature TalkSanta Cruz
🎬Vintage film equipment on display in the lobby
🔥Venue gets warm with a full house — dress in layers
George Saunders, the Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, brings his first novel in years to the Rio. VIGIL is a wise, electric fable about an oil CEO facing the afterlife: sharp on corporate greed, surprisingly funny, and unlike anything else you'll read this year.
Literary fiction
Author event
Thought-provoking
Intimate venue
Literature TalkSanta Cruz
🎬Vintage film equipment on display in the lobby
🔥Venue gets warm with a full house — dress in layers
George Saunders, the Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, brings his first novel in years to the Rio. VIGIL is a wise, electric fable about an oil CEO facing the afterlife: sharp on corporate greed, surprisingly funny, and unlike anything else you'll read this year.
Literary fiction
Author event
Thought-provoking
Intimate venue