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In Conversation with George Saunders

In Conversation with George Saunders

by Helen Young | 14 Sept 2022

Author of the Man Booker Prize-winning Lincoln in the Bardo, we caught up with George Saunders to find out why his latest collection of short stories, Liberation Day, is his most urgent yet.

Lincoln in the Bardo, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil and now Liberation Day, how do you come up with such beautifully obscure book titles?

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Liberation Day is your first collection since the New York Times bestselling Tenth of December (a friend and I still reference this collection with glee), why now, and why Liberation Day

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You've (rightly so) been called 'the best short story writer in English' (Time); what makes a good short story collection, great?

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How did it change you as a writer after you won the Booker Prize in 2007 for Lincoln in the Bardo?

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And lastly, what are you reading right now?

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