Episode 75: George Saunders Longform

George Saunders has written for The New Yorker and GQ. His latest collection of short stories is Tenth of December.

"Maybe you would understand your artistry to be: put me anywhere. I'll find human beings, I'll find human interest, I'll find literature. And I guess you could argue the weirder, or maybe the less explored the place, the better."

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Show notes:
georgesaundersbooks.com
Saunders on Longform
[5:00] Tenth of December (Random House • 2013)
[8:45] "George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year" (Joel Lovell • New York Times Magazine • Jan 2013)
[22:45] CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (Random House • 1996)
[29:30] "The Great Divider" (GQ • Dec 2006)
[30:45] "The New Mecca" (GQ • Nov 2005)
[33:00] "The Incredible Buddha Boy" (GQ • Jun 2006)
[38:45] George Saunders's Advice to Graduates (May 2013)
[47:00] "Tent City, U.S.A." (GQ • Sep 2009)
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