“If I died right now, I’d still be self-Googling in hell.” – George Saunders, in this episode.
George Saunders' new book - his first novel, after many acclaimed collections of short stories including the NY Times bestselling 10th of December – is called Lincoln in the Bardo. A kind of play for voices about the death and afterlife of Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie, who died at age 10. It's a strange, wise, funny and beautiful book about impermanence and the tenacity of the self.
In this episode, George and Jason talk writing, death, and how much easier it is to talk about kindness than to live it.
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