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Saunders Army

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About Me

This is the George Saunders fan club, started by me, self-proclaimed Saunders obsessive.And if you don't know who Saunders is--author of In Persuasion Nation, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and Pastoralia; writer for The New Yorker, Harper's, and GQ; recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Grant this year--well, now you know.

My Interests

Reading George Freakin' Saunders.

I'd like to meet:

Future recruits of the Saunders Army. Only individuals willing to risk everything for the cause of Saunders WORLD DOMINATION need apply. Or, those who just think Saunders is really neat.

Music:

Wu-Tang Clan (of course), Magnetic Fields, Sufjan Stevens, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Johnny Cash, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Bjork, Beastie Boys, Smiths, David Holmes

Movies:

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline the movie--coming sometime in the future from Ben Stiller! Adaptation, Waiting For Guffman, The Departed, Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Ong Bak, Office Space, Idiocracy, Wizard of Oz, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, 2046, Out of Sight, Old School, Austin Powers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Television:

The Office, The Wire, Who's The Boss, MASH, Arrested Development, Wife Swap

Books:

By George Saunders: In Persuasion Nation, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and Pastoralia. Also books by: Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Chandler, Denis Johnson, Barry Hannah, John Hodgman, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Chuck Palahniuk

Heroes:

The Man Himself

My Blog

Saunders on The Colbert Report

Check on Saunders' appearance on Colbert a few weeks ago (okay, so I'm a little late in posting this. Apologies to the Army): ...
Posted by Saunders Army on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:15:00 PST

GEORGE SAUNDERS MEETS THE MUPPETS

The public radio show The Sound of Young America put together a puppetry version of George Saunders' story "Ask the Optimist". Think the Simpsons plus Crank Yankers. Yes, it is that good. It is actual...
Posted by Saunders Army on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:51:00 PST

George Saunders, The Balding Mortician

George Saunders on looking like a balding mortician, Miranda July, Dubai, magic, and James Bond's antithesis: http://losangeles.metromix.com/events/article/q-and-a-george /184908/content...
Posted by Saunders Army on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:44:00 PST

Podcast

I just listened to this great podcast of Saunders reading his story "Nostalgia", and talking about his new book. Definitely worth a listen. http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/podcast/clips/9...
Posted by Saunders Army on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:40:00 PST

Saunders on O.J. Simpson

..> Army: I just noticed that the Saunders' website has been revamped and updated. Lots of good stuff on there. There's a video of the title essay of The Braindead Megaphone, in which Saunder...
Posted by Saunders Army on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST

Saunders on Letterman (new link)

For some reason the video hosted at vimeo that I previously posted was deleted, but I found the video of Saunders on Letterman on Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHeFjWw42TwThe forces at vimeo,...
Posted by Saunders Army on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:26:00 PST

Saunders on Letterman

Saunders talks about The Braindead Megaphone on Letterman. And he's hilarious, of course. http://vimeo.com/301286 --the general...
Posted by Saunders Army on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:50:00 PST

George Saunders Readings!

Many of you have asked about George Saunders' upcoming readings for his new book THE BRAINDEAD MEGAPHONE, so here's a list of his upcoming events. George Saunders in the flesh! NEW YORK September 6, ...
Posted by Saunders Army on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:34:00 PST

Saunders is blogging on Amazon

I just noticed that Saunders is now blogging on Amazon (scroll down): http://www.amazon.com/dp/159448256X/ref=s9_asin_image_1/002- 8794608-8132828?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&a mp;pf_rd_r...
Posted by Saunders Army on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:01:00 PST

Holy shit holy shit holy shit

Dear Saunders Army,One of the best things ever has happened. I'm actually still sort of in shock.George Saunders, The Genius Himself, apparently got my email address from the person at the publisher t...
Posted by Saunders Army on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:13:00 PST