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Cal Poly Arts presents George Saunders

September 30, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

The celebrated cult author of four collections of short stories, a novella, and a book of essays is a past recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Saunders’ work appears regularly in The New Yorker, GQ and Harper’s magazine and his pieces have appeared in numerous anthologies; his “Tenth of December” won both a Story and Folio Prize. In 2013, Saunders was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine. His recently released first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” from which he will read in this appearance, became an instant New York Times bestseller.

For the Cal Poly Arts engagement, Saunders will be discussing his new “Lincoln in the Bardo” best-selling novel and narrating a staged reading of excerpts from the book, performed by members of the Cal Poly English Department. The readings and discussion will be followed by a Q & A with the author.

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The celebrated cult author of four collections of short stories, a novella, and a book of essays is a past recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Saunders’ work appears regularly in The New Yorker, GQ and Harper’s magazine and his pieces have appeared in numerous anthologies; his “Tenth of December” won both a Story and Folio Prize. In 2013, Saunders was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine. His recently released first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” from which he will read in this appearance, became an instant New York Times bestseller.

For the Cal Poly Arts engagement, Saunders will be discussing his new “Lincoln in the Bardo” best-selling novel and narrating a staged reading of excerpts from the book, performed by members of the Cal Poly English Department. The readings and discussion will be followed by a Q & A with the author.