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Haunted Streets: The Ghosts of Georgetown
A little drummer boy, a possessed girl and a Confederate spy: What do these figures have in common? They are all specters whose haunted stories are ingrained in some of…
October 27, 2017
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George Saunders: ‘When I get praise it helps me be a little bit more brave’
George Saunders won the Man Booker prize on Tuesday night, but while he was working on Lincoln in the Bardo, his winning book, he would sometimes stop and ask himself…
October 18, 2017
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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