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George Saunders Wins Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
George Saunders, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most distinguished literary awards, for his first…
October 17, 2017
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Lincoln in the Bardo review: George Saunders’ Man Booker Prize winner
This is George Saunders’s first novel, and it has been thirstily anticipated. Since his debut collection of stories, in 1996, his blend of satire, sentiment and linguistic sensibility has made…
October 17, 2017
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George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
George Saunders’s surreal, experimental first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, marking the second year in a row that the prize has gone to…
October 17, 2017
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Unearthing African American History
This is the thing about history: it is never done telling its stories about the past. On Monday night, Oct. 10, the Citizens Association of Georgetown held a meeting at…
October 10, 2017