{"product_id":"conversations-with-george-saunders-hardcover","title":"Conversations with George Saunders - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides being one of America's most celebrated living authors, George Saunders (b. 1958) is also an excellent interview subject. In the fourteen interviews included in \u003ci\u003eConversations with George Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e, covering nearly twenty years of his career, the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTenth of December\u003c\/i\u003e provides detailed insight into his own writing process and craft, alongside nuanced interpretations of his own work. He also delves into aspects of his biography, including anecdotes from his childhood and his experiences as both a student and teacher in MFA programs, as well as reflections on how parenthood affected his writing, the role of religious belief and practice in his work, and how he has dealt with his growing popularity and fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout this collection, we see him in conversation with former students, fellow writers, mainstream critics, and literary scholars. In each instance, Saunders is eager to engage in meaningful dialogue about what he calls the \"big questions of our age.\" In a number of interviews, he reflects on the moral and ethical responsibility of fiction, as well as how his work engages with issues of social and political commentary. But at the same time, these interviews, like all of Saunders's best work, are funny, warm, surprising, and wise. Saunders says he has \"always enjoyed doing interviews\" in part because he views \"intense, respectful conversation [as], really, an artform--an exploration of sorts.\" Readers of this volume will have the pleasure of joining him in this process of exploration.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of humanities at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, where his scholarly interests focus primarily on the intersections of religion, particularly Catholicism, and contemporary literature. His critical essays appear in \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRenascence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of David Foster Wallace Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410315722930,"sku":"9781496840295","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/15d9b745ad528b6d68f652e6a703b4ef.webp?v=1778281944","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/conversations-with-george-saunders-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}