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George Saunders has written for The New Yorker and GQ. His latest collection of short stories is Tenth of December.\n\n"Maybe you would understand your artistry to be: put me anywhere. I'll find human beings, I'll find human interest, I'll find literature. And I guess you could argue the weirder, or maybe the less explored the place, the better."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and Audible for sponsoring this week's episode.\xa0\n\nShow notes:\ngeorgesaundersbooks.com\nSaunders on Longform\n[5:00] Tenth of December (Random House \u2022 2013)\n[8:45] "George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You'll Read This Year" (Joel Lovell \u2022 New York Times Magazine \u2022 Jan 2013)\n[22:45] CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (Random House \u2022 1996)\n[29:30] "The Great Divider" (GQ \u2022 Dec 2006)\n[30:45] "The New Mecca" (GQ \u2022 Nov 2005)\n[33:00] "The Incredible Buddha Boy" (GQ \u2022 Jun 2006)\n[38:45] George Saunders's Advice to Graduates (May 2013)\n[47:00] "Tent City, U.S.A." (GQ \u2022 Sep 2009)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices