George Saunders

Short-story writer and journalist

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George Saunders is a short-story writer and journalist. He is the 2017 winner of the Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo.

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Award-winning novelist George Saunders joins the UCSB Arts & Lecture series with a talk at Campbell Hall on January 28.

‘When I get confused, I get empathetic.’ George Saunders on healing our country’s divides

Award-winning novelist George Saunders joins the UCSB Arts & Lecture series with a talk at Campbell Hall on January 28.

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Known for the outrageous comedy of his acclaimed short stories, George Saunders says that daring to write this novel about grief, loss and the journey of the soul was like jumping off…

George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (Part II)

Known for the outrageous comedy of his acclaimed short stories, George Saunders says that daring to write this novel about grief, loss and the journey of the soul was like jumping off…

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Lincoln in the Bardo dramatizes a grieving President Lincoln as he visits the grave of his beloved son Willie, who died at age eleven.

George Saunders: Lincoln in the Bardo (Part I)

Lincoln in the Bardo dramatizes a grieving President Lincoln as he visits the grave of his beloved son Willie, who died at age eleven.

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