<p>George Saunders<strong>&nbsp;</strong>is the author of thirteen books, including the novel&nbsp;<em>Lincoln in the Bardo</em>, which won the Booker Prize in 2017, and five collections of stories including&nbsp;<em>Tenth of December</em>, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection&nbsp;<em>Liberation Day&nbsp;</em>(selected by former President Obama has one of his ten favourite books of 2021<em>)</em>. Three of Saunders' books - <em>Pastoralia</em>,&nbsp;<em>Tenth of December</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Lincoln in the Bardo</em>&nbsp;- were chosen for the&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>' list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story,&nbsp;<em>A Swim in a Pond in the Rain</em>. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by&nbsp;<em>Time</em>&nbsp;magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. On this episode of Little Atoms he talks to Neil Denny about his latest novel <em>Vigil</em>.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>