Arts
George Saunders discusses the importance of humor, the myth of bad story ideas, trusting the subconscious, and the “great relief” of his writing life in this final episode of season one. George Saunders is a Syracuse University graduate and professor of creative writing, the author of the short story collections CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, In Persuasion Nation, Tenth of December, and the novel Lincoln in the Bardo. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award, received both the Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships, and his novel won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.