795. George Saunders

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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George Saunders is the author of the story collection Liberation Day, available from Random House. Saunders is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven books, including A Swim in a Pond in the Rain; Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker Prize; Congratulations, by the Way; Tenth of December, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the inaugural Folio Award; The Braindead Megaphone; and the critically acclaimed collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and In Persuasion Nation. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.9	hello everybody how are you welcome to the program this is the other people show I am Brad Listy and I am in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. Thank you for listening.
1:17.9	Today, my guest is George Saunders, author of a new story collection entitled Liberation Day.
1:26.8	You know, we harden around this idea of ourself as being the star of the show, the smartest person, the person in control, the person that's going to live forever, the person who never makes a mistake.
1:38.9	You know, we construct that for ourselves, and it's all false, you know, or it's temporary. It's kind of conditional.
1:45.5	And then every so often the world goes, well, yeah, I know that you're Brad, but also a tree limb
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