George Saunders Reads “Thursday”

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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George Saunders reads his story “Thursday,” which appeared in the June 12, 2023, issue of the magazine. Saunders won the Booker Prize in 2017 for his novel “Lincoln in the Bardo.” He is the author of five story collections, including “Tenth of December” and “Liberation Day,” which came out last year.

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0:00.0	This is The Writer's Voice, new fiction from The New Yorker.
0:09.3	I'm Deborah Triesman, fiction editor at The New Yorker.
0:12.6	On this episode of The Writer's Voice, we'll hear George Saunders read his story Thursday
0:17.4	from the June 12, 2023 issue of the magazine.
0:21.9	Saunders won the Booker Prize in 2017 for his novel Lincoln in the Bardot.
0:26.1	He's the author of five story collections, including 10th of December and Liberation Day,
0:31.0	which came out last year.
0:33.2	Now here's George Saunders.
0:40.9	Thursday.
0:42.8	On the bright side, it was Thursday.
0:46.3	Gerard, yes, hi, hello.
0:48.0	Said Mrs. Dwyer, the nurse's assistant sanctioned the hand over the
0:52.0	prone headpiece in the big green pill and the smaller red one that activates the green one.
0:57.6	How was the week?
0:58.9	She asked.
1:00.4	Same.
1:01.4	I said.
1:02.4	Oh, gosh, sorry, she said.
1:05.5	In treatment room four, she checked with the caliper to make sure the pressure foot of
1:09.5	the prone was seated correctly.
1:11.9	It was.
1:13.6	She seemed a little nervous today.
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