I Want My Money Back, You Know?

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It's in that spirit of the book, it was part of the idea to try and extend that teaching to sort of as many people as possible. And then when the book came out, i got somany amazing letters and emales from people in a different tone than usual. So there was something about that, you know, to pick up on that energy that the book had created and goa else. That's nice to be in that kind of relation with people.

George Saunders is the author of eleven books. His latest is A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life.

”I really have so much affection for being alive. I really enjoy it. And yet, I’m a little negative minded in a lot of ways too, like I really think things tend to be fucked up. ... To get that on the page—to sufficiently praise the loveliness of the world without being a sap, and also lacerate the world for being so goddamn mean—to do those in the same story would be a great aspiration. And I haven’t gotten there yet.”

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