Tayari's Blog: NYT vs George Saunders

Posted by TayariJones on April 9, 2006 10:11 PM
Filed under Bookshelf

George Saunders has a new book of short stories, In Persuasion Nation. I have to admit that I haven't exactly camped out in front of B&N to get a copy. But after reading how he handled a really funky interviewer from the NYT, I think I'll buy it, much in the same way that I decided to support the Dixie Chicks after the right wing tried to ruin thier careers. Here is my favorite zinger from the article. (For Champ's fave, click here.)

These days you're teaching at Syracuse University and you've published two other short-story collections, "Pastoralia" and "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline." Might you try writing a novel in the future?

I just did. It's very innovative. It is only 25 pages long.


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Comment #1, by Michael Fischer [TypeKey Profile Page]

Damnnnnnnnnnnnn.

April 9, 2006 10:50 PM

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