George Saunders Society

A (not-yet-official) society of scholars and researchers dedicated to the life and work of American author George Saunders. Tweets by @bdjansenphd

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

After a hiatus in 2024, we're pleased to be returning to the @AmLit_ALA conference in 2025. See the CFP for the George Saunders Society here: https://t.co/07wRRpy7Px

[Dave Cullen @DaveCullen]

Can't recommend this interview highly enough, with my favorite living author. Every writer should read it, ever reader, and every humor. It's great on all 3 counts. @SaundersSociety https://t.co/f3RvHyaKHH

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

George Saunders is releasing a new novel that takes place in another liminal zone between life and death. Vigil, which will be published on January 27, 2026, follows the deathbed journey and moral accounting of oil company exec K.J. Boone.
https://t.co/xqPr3dK8ek

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

We've extended the deadline to apply for our @AmLit_ALA panel to this Friday, January 17! see https://t.co/07wRRpyFF5 for more

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

After a hiatus in 2024, we're pleased to be returning to the @AmLit_ALA conference in 2025. See the CFP for the George Saunders Society here: https://t.co/07wRRpy7Px

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

After a hiatus in 2024, we're pleased to be returning to the @AmLit_ALA conference in 2025. See the CFP for the George Saunders Society here: https://t.co/07wRRpy7Px

[DFW Society @DFWSociety]

The DFW Society is seeking submissions for presentation at the ALA. See the attached for info.

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

New scholarship on George Saunders! Samantha Kiser (Baylor University) is the author of "Allegory, Animality, and Anagogy: Beyond a Moral Interpretation of George Saunders’s 'Escape from Spiderhead'" in Christianity & Literature. https://t.co/27E8jKsK9D

[Michael O'Connell @moc]

A well deserved honor for Saunders. Why not celebrate by picking up a collection of interviews with the prize winning author 😉 https://t.co/Nqw0DP9QLd

[Matt Bucher @mattbucher]

George Saunders to Receive 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
https://t.co/MED1RDmDXT

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

Saunders on Cormac McCarthy: "when he’s moving through a landscape, he doesn’t forget anything that he’s made. It all comes home in that beautiful language... He’s just 100% alive in his fictive reality." https://t.co/Gmc0fJKtUO

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

New short fiction from Saunders in the New Yorker: https://t.co/Kec7Tv9Fmy

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

If you're at @AmLit_ALA in Boston today, join us for our 2:30 pm panel!

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

We've got a panel set for ALA in Boston this spring. Hope you'll join us!

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

George Saunders reflects on his famous convocation address at Syracuse University.
https://t.co/Ib4RvxTvHw

[Michael O'Connell @moc]

“isn’t that at least part of what we want from a book? To see another human being riffing on this thing called “life on earth” with confidence and playfulness, thereby infusing us with a touch of same as we step out the door?” - George Saunders’s substack continues to delight

[emma woodhead 🌞 @hvrchcksbtch]

phoebe bridgers once again demonstrating she has impeccable taste 💘

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[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

We're looking for just one more paper to round out a second panel on George Saunders; if you'll be in Boston for ALA and are interested with something to share, email me at [email protected]

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

REMINDER: We're hoping to put together 1-2 panels at the @AmLit_ALA conference in Boston, May 25-28, 2023. Share the call for papers widely: https://t.co/8oo9neGeic

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

The deadline to submit is coming soon!

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

The deadline to submit is coming soon!

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

REMINDER: We're hoping to put together 1-2 panels at the @AmLit_ALA conference in Boston, May 25-28, 2023. Share the call for papers widely: https://t.co/8oo9neGeic

[George Saunders Society @SaundersSociety]

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