From George Saunders to the National Book Foundation, the literary world has been besieged by fake requests. Just like me.
The personal library of Henry Knox encompasses a wide array of topics, from Middle Eastern civilization to philosophy to military tactics.
The latest Game of Thrones spin-off had a complete story, adapted (mostly) faithfully — two things Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon lacked.
Going back further, John Dominis Holt’s “Waimea Summer” remains a beloved novel. There’s also S.N. Haleʻole, a contemporary ...
Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders discussed his latest novel “Vigil” with moderator and journalist Peter Sagal before a sold-out audience Monday for the Chicago Humanities Festival at the ...
George Saunders is no stranger to unusual subject matter. From horror-themed amusement parks to morose 19th-century spirits, the 67-year-old Saunders has always managed to make the impossible seem ...
There have always been ghosts in George Saunders’ fiction, going back to the revenants of a murdered family that haunt the beleaguered narrator of his breakout novella, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. In ...
When George Templeton Strong, a prominent Wall Street attorney, died at 55 in 1875, the New York Tribune’s obituary dutifully listed his gentlemanly contributions to the cultural life of his city.
Anyone who loves George Saunders’s writing can tell you about his wicked imagination: luminous, dark, wholly original, and quite frequently supernatural. Saunders is, after all, the man who gave us ...
The shades are gathering again for George Saunders. In 2017, when the celebrated short-story writer published his first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” ghosts and grievers swarmed the Oak Hill Cemetery ...
George Martin became the world’s most legendary producer with the Beatles, the studio wizard who teamed up with four lads from Liverpool to transform music. Now his music has been collected in a ...
The Ides of January are already upon us. Which means that by now, most of the sweetly misguided pollyannas who made New Year's resolutions have already given up on that nonsense. Don't beat yourself ...