Taking Stock of Who We Are and What It Means to Be Human
Ann Tashi Slater talks with writer George Saunders about final reckonings, everyday between-states, and being your authentic self.
George Saunders
George Saunders is the author of 12 books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, a bestselling novel that won the prestigious Man Booker Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ.
George Saunders on What Buddhists Can Offer the World Right Now
The author discusses how reading stories reminds us of the “Previous and Better Selves We Have, Briefly, Been.”
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