16: Democrats in the Bardo: George and Paula Saunders on Politics and Writing

fiction/non/fiction

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, taped live at the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, George and Paula Saunders talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about writing, politics, class, and the contenders for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election.

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Guests:

● George Saunders

● Paula Saunders

Readings for the Episode:

● 10th of Decemberby George Saunders

● Lincoln in the Bardoby George Saunders

● Pastoralia by George Saunders

● CivilWarLandin Bad Decline by George Saunders

● The Distance Homeby Paula Saunders

● War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy

● “Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning” by Donald Barthelme

● The Unpopular Mr. Lincolnby Larry Tagg

● American Pastoral by Philip Roth

● "Grief" by Anton Chekhov

● Beto O’Rourke on Medium

● Books by Curtis Sittenfeld

● The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison

● Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

● “E Pluribus Unum?” by Stacey Abrams

● Bob Hillman, "Carveresque," from the album Some of Us Are Free, Some of Us Are Lost

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