George SaundersA collection of 21 posts

Truth

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is ...

Society

I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the cours...

Positive

I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race...

Positive

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world then th...

Politics

Whatever your supposed politics are – left right – if you put it in...

Intelligence

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon if that generation is lucky:...

Home

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I e...

Funny

It's funny with fiction – once you cut something it hasn't happ...

Funny

The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' – we do...

Fear

The universal human laws – need love for the beloved fear hunger perio...