Episode 75: George Saunders

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Education, Arts, Books, News

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2014

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

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." Thanks to TinyLetter and Audible for sponsoring this episode. 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey it's Max we're taking this week off July 4th and all but we'll be back next week with a brand new episode
0:06.2	in the meantime here is an older one conversation that I had with George Saunders back in January
0:12.1	we talked in this like little room in the back of a bookstore.
0:15.8	It was a pretty good time and it has really stuck with me.
0:18.3	So we thought maybe if you missed this the first time around,
0:20.9	you could get a second chance to listen to it. We'll be back next
0:23.8	week, brand new episode. If you're looking for something to do in the meantime I have two
0:27.6	ideas. The first you should go to addovist.com and check out the new story from
0:31.8	the out ofist it's called Love for My enemies
0:33.9	It's complicated and fantastic check that out and also if you're so inclined go on iTunes
0:40.5	Rate us leave us a comment.
0:43.3	It's actually super helpful for the show.
0:45.4	It's a way to support us, and we really appreciate it.
0:48.8	Okay, here's the episode with George Saunders,
0:50.8	and we'll see you next week. Hey, welcome to the long form podcast.
0:57.0	I'm Max Lindsky.
1:00.0	I'm here with my co-host Aaron Lamer and Evan Ratliff.
1:04.0	Gentlemen, hello.
1:05.0	Another week, another chat.
1:07.0	Guys are really excited about this guest.
1:09.0	Yes.
1:10.0	Who do we have on this show this week?
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