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Koreaboo: Katy Louise Saunders’s Past Commercial With George Clooney Goes Viral
elnathan_john: We too were the malformed detritus of capitalism, the necessary cost of doing business. — George Saunders
readingnooks: “Fiction helps us remember that everything remains to be seen.”
~ George Saunders
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
yze_guy: If we break it down to ppg, here's how it shakes out
16.5% -- Williams
16.5% -- Traore
15.2% -- George
14.9% -- Johnson
11.4% -- Robinson
10.1% -- Hall
7% ---- Waterman
6.7% -- Saunders
5.4% -- Ally Atiki
2.3% -- Stewart
dontpanicllama: 5 of 5 stars to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
timturdashian: Britney (Spears, obviously) and George Saunders sharing a birthday? The second of December is a day for visionaries.
Matt_Matros: New year, new thread! Books finished in January 2023: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin), Liberation Day (George Saunders), Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm (Laura Warrell)
AntiParasocial: “Sparrow” from the new George Saunders collection seems quite underrated, one could even say unrated at all, here on twitter
collideorscaper: Started George Saunders' Pastoralia today.
steadycraig: GEORGE SAUNDERS is the first guest on season 2 of THAT’S HOW I REMEMBER IT. George is an incredible writer of short stories, novels and more. I’m honored to have such an amazing mind visit to kick off this season. Listen and subscribe!
readingnooks: “...smile first, then speak.”
~ George Saunders
readingnooks: “I have plenty of friends, “ she says.
“Name one.”
She looks at me.
Which I guess is sort of sweet.”
~ George Saunders, Pastoralia
ehritzema: What I love about George Saunders is that he’s so specific; he’s not satisfied with cartoonish depictions of people. I finish his stories with increased curiosity, wanting to attend more closely to people.
davinbnt: PIEDMONT GIRLS HOOPS: GEORGE WASHINGTON 54 HALIFAX CO. 45 — FINAL
Joslyn Cobbs leads GW with game-high 18 points while Fadrianna Saunders chips in with 14 and Saniyah Felton rounds out 3 players in double-digits with 12. Shamya Hankins leads Halifax with 13. Jadyn Harlow 8.
attheimax: i consider it a distinct honor to be listed alongside wilson on book marks as the only other "pan" of george saunders awful book on the russians, but unlike my review hers was very good:
parisreview: “I had to stay above the fray or I’d get stuck in a life I didn’t want. That was my form of rebellion, to try to be really, really good.” —George Saunders
readingnooks: “These days it’s easy to feel that we’ve fallen out of connection with one another, and with the earth and with reason and with love.
I mean: we have.
But to read, to write, is to say that we still believe in, at least, the possibility of connection.”
~ George Saunders
ojalart: “I had to stay above the fray or I’d get stuck in a life I didn’t want. That was my form of rebellion, to try to be really, really good.” —George Saunders
readingnooks: “A novel is just a story that hasn’t yet discovered a way to be brief.”
~ George Saunders
readingnooks: “Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving, generous, and unafraid version of you — and go after those things as if nothing else matters. Because actually , nothing else does.”
~ George Saunders, Congratulations, by the Way
clangwith: George Saunders on the historical figure he most identifies with:
"Lincoln: a guy who fought against sadness by turning his mind to the needs of others and making filthy jokes"
me too, bud
TheyMayBeParted: Before Get Back came out, knowing the audio I thought the control room sequence would have made a great thing to show on the side during the credits. George Martin saying it was a great dry run, etc., everyone happy. And the visual is better than I had anticipated.
stonecoledfox: I have George Saunders to thank for this.
parisreview: “I once heard someone say that writers tend to come out of families in which it is understood that language is powerful. And that was definitely the case for me, coming from both sides of the family.” —George Saunders
ojalart: “I once heard someone say that writers tend to come out of families in which it is understood that language is powerful. And that was definitely the case for me, coming from both sides of the family.” —George Saunders
RussGRNnWhite: “It’s a real moment of maturation to say, ‘My time here is short — what can I do the most beautifully?’” / George Saunders
friendlycitybks: Liberation Day by George Saunders - We firmly believe that full cast audiobooks are the best way to listen to short story collections, especially when they include talent like Tina Fey, Jenny Slate, Jack McBrayer, and Stephen Root.
nabeelqu: George Saunders’s description of how he edits his writing is striking: loosely, it’s a non-technical description of gradient descent, where the loss function is “the writer’s taste”.
YourDadsFailure: Frank Clark, Chris Jones, George Karlaftis, Mike Danna, Khalen Saunders, Derrick Nnadi. These guys will determine the trajectory of the game.
JChapman1729: George Saunders on the Power of Kindness, Animated
geoffjBYU: Updated BYU 3pt shooting percentages after Game 24:
Johnson 50.0%
Waterman 37.7%
Hall 35.5%
Robinson 35.0%
George 30.8%
Williams 30.1%
Saunders 28.8%
Team: 33.7%
Spencer is $$$. Dallin improving. Waterman less wet.
parisreview: “We were this upstart franchise in competition with KFC. I was the delivery boy, and after school I’d go right over—never did any homework—and the place would be full of people I knew and loved … Like a party every night.” —George Saunders
dreid63: George Saunders is brilliant
ojalart: “We were this upstart franchise in competition with KFC. I was the delivery boy, and after school I’d go right over—never did any homework—and the place would be full of people I knew and loved … Like a party every night.” —George Saunders
huseyindilek: 160 – George Saunders – Arafta
kiiingquando: Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid …Chris Jones Frank Clark Khalen Saunders and George Karalafis …Isaih Pacheco …naaa we gone win cause they online injured af
JC_Joranco: George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting
emilylwall: 3 of 5 stars to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
AllostEricSite: This is me needing a cozy mystery after reading the short story “Love Letter” by George Saunders because it absolutely crushed me.
jeansvaljeans: we are all so lucky to have george saunders
StellaGarp: George Saunders is in the very top echelon of my favorite writers. A literary fiction writer who leans hard into genre, he is arguably America's best contemporary short story writer, and his one novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, will stagger you.
Orion_Magazine: The award-winning storyteller, George Saunders, sat down with Orion’s editor in chief, Sumanth Prabhaker, to talk craft, darkness, and how perspective shapes environments.
AJeffreyCall: BYU's starting lineup tonight: Dallin Hall, Spencer Johnson, Fousseyni Traore, Gideon George and Richie Saunders.
byu_church: This is the “help” Dial-In Hall is getting. George 2-6, 1-3 3pt, Johnson 1-5, 1-3 3pt, Saunders 0-4, 0-2 3pt.
Noxi18195178: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
xjjdjdjdjjd07: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
alarafrte: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
abdalslam199012: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
duhhhuihii: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
hhggffdas: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
kocaeli1324: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
afhxxgjh33: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
ummetkillibacak: 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-appreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear and the habitual. “ — George Saunders
byu_church: Why didn’t we win by double figures?
Shooting 3pt 6-18
George 2-7
Traore 5-13
Johnson 3-7
Saunders 0-4
BYU HAS to find some gunners this is ridicules
gregwrubell: Lineup change for BYU v. SMC, as Richie Saunders gets his second start of the season:
Hall
Johnson
Saunders
George
Traore
Head coach Mark Pope says Jaxson Robinson, Atiki Ally Atiki and Noah Waterman will sit out tonight after breaking a team rule; will return next Thu. v. LMU.
cterlson: "Imagine if Raymond Carver called up George Saunders and Joe Lansdale, and they all went drinking with Neil Gaiman."
Selling some of these today—which makes me happy.
(More readers, I mean. I only make about .30 on these :)
karolynsherwood: 3 of 5 stars to Liberation Day by George Saunders
chriswlcsw: "[e]very human being is worthy of attention and that the origins of every good and evil capability of the universe may be found by observing a single, even very humble, person and the turnings of his or her mind." George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
BlackCasebook: Glad to see George Saunders getting work
davinbnt: PIEDMONT GIRLS HOOPS: GEORGE WASHINGTON 40 MARTINSVILLE 34 — FINAL (WEDNESDAY)
Saniyah Felton leads with 13 points while adding 6 steals. Teasia Garland narrowly misses deuce-deuce with 9 points, 14 rebounds. Deanna Macklin 8 points, 4 blocks. Fadrianna Saunders 13 points/6 stls
davinbnt: George Washington girls basketball defeats Tunstall in Piedmont District action. Saniyah Felton narrowly misses deuce-deuce with 14 points, 9 steals. Teasia Garland with 11 points, team-high 6 rebounds. Fadrianna Saunders with 13 points, 6 steals.
jberthume: 4 of 5 stars to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
purposelyvague: Marked as to-read: Liberation Day by George Saunders
gpsaunders30: In California, I'm raising money for Trump's campaign. Please send checks to George Saunders, any amount between $5 and $10,000, subject line: Re-elect Donald J. Trump. This is tax deductible. P.O. Box 2443, Los Angeles, CA 90078. Thank you.
rasmengesha23: (man, George Saunders is a great teacher)
MyNameIsEdChen: “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded… sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”
― George Saunders
samjonesgo: I'm on the penultimate short story. I think it's definitely a book to buy and take in slowly rather than borrow and rush. George Saunders is digging the same vein he found when he wrote Pastoralia (themes of poverty, inequality, exploitation, revenge and disappointment).
empurpler: I just subscribed to Story Club with George Saunders
NewDorkReview: 3 of 5 stars to Liberation Day by George Saunders
parisreview: “You’ve learned, over your life, to charm people … and your writing is likely going to have some overlap with those skills. How weird would it be if the charm you had on the page had no relation to your real-life charm.” —George Saunders
ojalart: “You’ve learned, over your life, to charm people … and your writing is likely going to have some overlap with those skills. How weird would it be if the charm you had on the page had no relation to your real-life charm.” —George Saunders
sambamr369: What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
–GEORGE SAUNDERS
AlenaMurguia: 3 of 5 stars to Liberation Day by George Saunders
dekesharon: 3 of 5 stars to Liberation Day by George Saunders
so_you_know: "...continents of the 'elsewhere,' now that there is no longer any 'elsewhere' in the world, and the whole world is becoming more and more uniform (and for the worse)." Italo Calvino on *Invisible Cities* (1983) via Story Club with George Saunders
RealClearBooks: George Saunders Answers the Proust Questionnaire
djbarry98: What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.
-George Saunders, (Syracuse college commencement speech 2013)
SoooTired8: Latest push to stop George Santos
denizkuypers: George Saunders once wrote to me: "You have such a kind narrative voice - a voice that seems to love the things of the world." Still gives me a high whenever I’m having a hard writing day.
nabsiegel: Pleased to report that George Saunders was so nice when I met him at a reading. He asked me about myself and what I was working on.
AdamWoodhead: Is there some secret to reading and enjoying George Saunders? I thought he was supposed to be good
SoooTired8: Amid George Santos controversy, L.I. voters calling for new law
spoonflipper: I just subscribed to Story Club with George Saunders
sarareadauthor: “Freakify” your writing.
Marvelous interview.
VanityFair: Which historical figure does George Saunders most identify with?
“Lincoln: a guy who fought against sadness by turning his mind to the needs of others and making filthy jokes,” says the author.
bethunderdown: My other contribution is George Saunders who I've met and was just really a lot nicer than he had to be
JJBuckmaster: 4 of 5 stars to In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders
JC_Joranco: George Saunders on His First Love: Songwriting
graciemaybe: i recommended George Saunders' Liberation Day to my grandma and she said it's 'the weirdest thing she's ever read' and 'sent her mad'. so dramatic.
roadwisdom: 5 of 5 stars to Tenth of December by George Saunders
Chuck_E_Kirby: "What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness."
- George Saunders
keith_rosson: Yeah, hardly a hot take, but just finished the title story in George Saunders's LIBERATION DAY and, uh, the guy's still got it. Damn. So many minute but gutting revelations in those last two pages.
SoooTired8: Poll Shows Majority of Voters Want George Santos to Resign | NBC New York
mejcb: Always wanted to write? Booker winner George Saunders on how to get started
GeoffR: 5 of 5 stars to Liberation Day by George Saunders
brittaful: 3 of 5 stars to Tenth of December by George Saunders
BoxingKingdom14: I have taken the BJ Saunders Instagram video down. Boxerrr & Sky are doing amazing things in the sport and Saunders is a sneaky weasel. Boxerrr are the future of the sport. Ben Shalom also looks like George Clooney. Please let me keep my money.
PopCulture2000s: brendan fraser in ‘george of the jungle’ (1997)
LizaAchilles: New blog post! Liberation Day by George Saunders
VanityFair: Booker Prize–winning author George Saunders on Lincoln’s filthy jokes, his favorite hero of fiction, and his perfect idea of happiness.
