George Saunders's Advice to Graduates
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George Saunders's Advice to Graduates
As a particular person gets made, the potential for meaningful action increases.
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
At the core of each lay suffering; our eventual end, the many losses we must experience on the way to that end.
George Saunders • Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel
Ideally, the student should have the same teacher for two years. The teacher should think of assisting the student to become a writer, rather than think of teaching the student how to write. The teacher should watch for clues as to what the student is attempting to become, then help the student to become that. It is cruel and destructive to make th
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