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George Saunders

  1. chapters
    Hear Tina Fey As a Suburban Mom With Mighty Literary AspirationsAn audio excerpt of the George Saunders story “The Mom of Bold Action” from his new collection, Liberation Day.
    By George Saunders
  2. movie review
    Chris Hemsworth’s Career-Best Performance Elevates Netflix’s SpiderheadTop Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski’s futuristic prison thriller is bizarre, thoughtful, and surprisingly funny.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  3. George Saunders’s 10 Favorite BooksToni Morrison, Philip Glass, and more.
    By George Saunders
  4. amazon
    Amazon Passes on New Pilots, Proving Glenn Close As a Zombie Just Isn’t EnoughIncluding Bridget Everett’s Love You More and Glenn Close’s Sea Oak.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. The Amazon Fall 2017 Pilots, ReviewedSea Oak, starring Glenn Close, is the strongest out of the gate.
    By Jen Chaney
  6. Three New Comedy Pilots Debut on Amazon Next MonthAmazon premieres three new comedy pilots next month. According to Deadline, the streaming network announced its fall pilot lineup, which […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. awards
    George Saunders Wins the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the BardoThe judging panel said the book “creates a vivid and lively evocation of the characters that populate this other world.”
    By Hunter Harris
  8. Glenn Close to Star in George Saunders Amazon Comedy Pilot ‘Sea Oak’George Saunders has a new half-hour comedy pilot in the works at Amazon, and the project just cast the leading role. According to The Hollywood […]
    By Megh Wright
  9. casting couch
    Glenn Close Will Play a Zombie in a George Saunders Amazon Comedy PilotShe’ll come back from the dead through “sheer force of dissatisfaction.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. George Saunders Orders a Mousetrap in a New Video from ‘ClickHole’Back in September, ClickHole did something a little different when they uploaded a video featuring Conan O’Brien called “Absolutely Beautiful: […]
    By Megh Wright
  11. Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to Produce a ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Movie […]George Saunders’s new novel is headed to the big screen with some help from Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. According to Deadline, Mullally […]
    By Megh Wright
  12. a long talk
    George Saunders Discusses Lincoln in the Bardo, His Offbeat Debut Novel“America is this really cool idea that has never gotten its shit together 100 percent.”
    By Boris Kachka
  13. 7 Books You Need to Read This FebruaryBy George Saunders, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ali Smith, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  14. George Saunders’s New Novel — His First — Is Very, Very WeirdIt’s narrated by a gaggle of ghosts speaking to us from the Tibetan Buddhist limbo.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  15. George Saunders’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Audiobook Features Bill Hader, […]George Saunders’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo is out next month, and if you’re an audiobook fan, this will be one you won’t want to miss. […]
    By Megh Wright
  16. Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo Cover Art, Q&A“This material has been on my mind for years, and I thought, I’m just gonna discharge it, and whatever length it is, that’s what I’ll take.”
    By Boris Kachka
  17. looking back
    Stephen Colbert Was Late Night’s Most Passionate Book-NerdFor nine years, Colbert enlisted roughly two writers a week into a bizarre form of theater.
    By Boris Kachka
  18. cups
    Toni Morrison, George Saunders, and Michael Lewis Are Now Published by ChipotleOn cups.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  19. chat room
    George Saunders on Fox 8, Animal Narrators, and Hope for HumanityHe once watched two guys beat a vulture to death. “They were just kind of bored.”
    By Boris Kachka
  20. vulture reads
    Your Sunday Long Reads: David Lynch Meditates, Gérard Depardieu Avoids TaxesAnother excuse to stay indoors.
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  21. vulture reads
    Sunday Reads: Lohan on Set, ‘Hallelujah,’ SnoopAnother excuse to stay indoors.
    By Andre Tartar and Caroline Bankoff
  22. vulture reads
    Your Sunday Long Reads: Allison Williams and the Dawn of the Age of AffleckAnother excuse to stay indoors.
    By Andre Tartar
  23. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: George Saunders’ ‘Pastoralia’Have you read the short fiction of George Saunders? If not, you really need to stop what you’re doing right now and buy Pastoralia. One of the […]
    By Adam Frucci
  24. George Saunders’ Latest: ‘Home’This week’s New Yorker is the annual Fiction Issue, and as such is full of wonderful short stories by excellent writers. Especially of note is […]
    By Adam Frucci
  25. George Saunders Talks About Getting Started as a WriterGeorge Saunders is, in my opinion, the best writer of humorous fiction out there today. He is also hugely inspiring when he talks about […]
    By Adam Frucci
  26. A New George Saunders Story in The New Yorker Is Cause for CelebrationLooking for something to read? George Saunders, hilarious/wonderful short story writer and personal hero of mine, has a new piece in this […]
    By Adam Frucci