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

A list of short books, because life is short, and you need to make your reading goals.(a sequel to the episode “22 Short Books”)For the drink recipe, every book mentioned, and more, visit: https://www.somanydamnbooks.com/episodes/episode-261Join the Patreon and hang out in the mo ...  عرض المزيد

Meg Richardson stops by the Damn Library for some kid wine (or is it adult Martinelli’s?) and book chatter. We get into whether she’s the Jackie or the Kayla, her time as a pawn shop employee, and the journey of this book through lots of different forms before resolving back to t ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

Sign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details. Described as one of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, American author Georg ...  عرض المزيد