Little Atoms 984 - George Saunders' Vigil

George Saunders is the author of thirteen books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo , which won the Booker Prize in 2017, and five collections of stories including Tenth of December , which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama has one of his ten favourite books of 2021 ) . Three of Saunders' books - Pastoralia , Tenth of December , and Lincoln in the Bardo - were chosen for the New York Times ' 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, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain . In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by Time 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 Vigil . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Little Atoms 984 - George Saunders' Vigil is an episode from Little Atoms by Neil Denny.

This episode is 27:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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