George Saunders on Lincoln in the Bardo

Folio Prize-winner, George Saunders discusses his astonishing first novel Lincoln in the Bardo with novelist Adam Biles. We were also joined by performing arts company Word for Word who treated us to a dramatic reading from the book.
Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Co-artistic directors Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter founded Word for Word in 1993. www.zspace.org/aboutwordforword/
Lincoln-Velina Brown
Willy Lincoln-Jia Taylor
Hans Vollman-Joel Mullinnex
Bevins-Sheila Balter
Other Voices-Kehinde Koyejo and Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
directed by Jim Cave

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Thanks, Shakespeare & Co., for sharing this.

[@ericgrabowski3896]

That was dope.

[@velinabrown2708]

It was great to be there.

[@JosephHolschuh]

The amount of view on this is criminally low.

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Some of us read the book.😜

[@aaronlaflin8266]

George George George, ya gotta stop with the La Boda de Eduardo story. Retire it my man.

[@mhbackman]

We are all waiting with bated breath for this masterpiece to be unleashed upon the world! 😂