Humorist David Finch will give a free reading as part of the Live from Prairie Lights series at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 15, in Room W10 of the Pappajohn Business Building on the University of Iowa campus.

Finch will read from his acclaimed New York Times best-selling memoir, The Journal of Best Practices.

Married in 2003 and diagnosed five years later with Asperger syndrome, Finch has committed himself to relentless self-improvement, sometimes to a comical extent. The Journal of Best Practices shows Finch’s devotion to his marriage with an endearing yet hilarious zeal that involves excessive note-taking, performance reviews, and most of all, the journal of best practices: a collection of hundreds of maxims and hard-won epiphanies that result from self-reflection both comic and painful, from countless discussions with Kristen, and even from a segment of SportsCenter. They include “don’t change the station when she’s singing along” to “apologies don’t count when you shout them” to “be her friend first and always.”

A former semiconductor engineer turned full-time writer and speaker, David has written for the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Slate, and he writes a relationship blog for Psychology Today.

For more information or special accommodations, contact Jan Weissmiller at jan@prairielights.com. For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events, visit the new Arts Iowa website.