Who is George Saunders

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian between 2006 and 2008.A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. In 2006 Saunders received a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2006 he won the World Fantasy Award for his short story "CommComm".His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for the Story Prize in 2007. ...
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Barrera_lavonda: like-new first editions (and some non-first) hardback editions of civilwarland in bad decline by george saunders are currently available for sale. where can i find more information about these books? hello, book lovers of r/bookcollecting!
Julia_azari: my tenured angst is, of course, not the point of this piece
Suegreenbergpr: george saunders! can act. who knew.
Luriethereal: an italian fine dining concept dish — “linguine in the brodo” — where the voice of george saunders slowly fades from the bowl as you consume it.
Esme_rylan: i'm now at a different b&n from where i usually go, and rather than try to find a copy of gilgamesh here i'm reading george saunders' a swim in a pond in the rain, which i somehow hadn't read before now.
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The Well upon the Brook
 by Emily Dickinson

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The Well upon the Brook
Were foolish to depend-
Let Brooks-renew of Brooks-
But Wells-of failless Ground!


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