153: George Saunders (A SWIM IN A POND IN THE...

Sarah Anderson zooms by the Damn Library for a chat about her novel concerning an all-too-real corporate surrogacy initiative, Fallow. We get into how wonderful her MFA was, the ways Julie Buntin helped, and how she’d do in a farm collective. Plus, she brings along the inventive, ...  Show more

I found a book list I made on Facebook in September 2014. Right before this show started. I revisit the list, and then I make a new one. Lists are fun! Reading is fun! You, reading this right now: you are fun.For the drink recipe, every book mentioned, and more, visit: https://ww ...  Show more

George Saunders discusses ‘A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russian Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life’ (Random House, Jan. 12), in which “a master of contemporary fiction joyously assesses some of the best [short stories] of the 19th century” (starred r ...  Show more

Writer George Saunders on how famous short stories by writers like Chekhov, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gogol are like miniature models of the world and how they can teach us to transcend our own limitations. (R)

For many years, author George Saunders taught a writing mastercl ...

George Saunders is the author of eleven books including, Tenth of December, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize in 2013 (for the best work of fiction in English) and the Story Prize (best short story collection). He has received MacA ...  Show more