George Saunders and Max Porter in conversation - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain | 5x15

George Saunders is the author of nine books including Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize and the Premio Rezzori prize, which was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Tenth of December won the inaugural Folio Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders has received MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships and the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2013, he was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
Max Porter is the author of Lanny, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and Grief is the Thing with Feathers, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. He is the recipient of the Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award. His new book, The Death of Francis Bacon, is published by Faber in January 2021.
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Two of my favourite writers together. A brilliant talk.

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Stories suggested by George Saunders: 1. The Stone Boy by Gina Berriault 2.The Gilded Six Bits by Zora Neale Hurston 3.Jack o Lantern and Mr. Hyde by Richard Yates 4.The Christmas Miracle by Rebecca Curtis 5. Carried Away by Alice Munro 6. Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff. My personal favorite by George Saunders is Sea Oak. Genius.

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Thank you 🙏