Talk:George Saunders

message: LaszloWalrus removed sentences regarding Saunders' dabbling with and ultimate rejection of objectivist ideas, saying they were "uncited". This despite the fact that there clearly was a citation, a reference to an interview (that is online) with LA Weekly  where Saunders says exactly what was stated in the article here. Since the claim was clearly cited and LaszloWalrus seems to be a self-described objectivist with an axe to grind, I have reverted this completely nonsensical edit. Inoculatedcities 19:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: LaszloWalrus' edit

message: NOTE TO shelfskewed... Apologies if we have broken rules but we do not believe we have done so... Does adding author interviews fall under the spam rules (they are Q&As with said authors)? For example, you have left interviews with other entities under said articles (Guernica, Powells, NPR, etc...) Again, since the magazine is not for profit and posting author interview with the article subjects is not spamming. Again, we mean no harm but honestly believe that said interviews with these subjects should be included among the links and since the authors are speaking for themselves are valuable for wiki users.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.172.155.42 (talk) 20:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External link to interviews are not spam

message: I don't think that Frip ought to be under fables, or if it is, then Phil ought to be there, too. They're both what Saunders has called "genocide books for children," and so they are not really children's books at all, but rather adult books, novels or novellas depending upon how you define the same, and therefore not in some separate category. Also, "fable" is a genre, while "novel" is a descriptor of length.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.241.103.122 (talk) 07:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
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message: I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates and tables for short stories, poems and/or book reviews. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 00:57, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography 

message: Upon reading this entry, I was surprised that there is no mention of "Lincoln in the Bardo".  I am not a literary type nor did I even finish reading this novel, but I'm sure there's someone out there who can add something about it.37Corbett (talk) 17:10, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lincoln in the Bardo 

message: I was surprised to see Saunders' 2021 book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: in which four Russians give a master class on writing, reading, and life, listed at the end of an Essays and Reporting sub-sub-category.  Is an entire book that is essentially a course in short-story fiction writing really just one essay, or just reporting?  He clearly builds as he goes along, and it is more a course in writing than anything else--in fact, it's based on a semester-length course he's been teaching for 20 years.
I suggest it should have its own category, probably located above the Other category, following Short Fiction.  In fact, since what the book is about is short fiction, that seems most appropriate.  Also, unlike most criticism or essay collections, he includes the complete text of each of the seven stories being discussed--a substantially effective tool in a reader's understanding of the writing mechanisms he's analyzing.
I am questioning what the label should be for this subcategory.  Any votes?  Literary criticism. Writing instruction. Writing analysis and instruction. Short story analysis. 
I came to this topic looking to see what Wikipedia has to offer about the book, and had to do a ctrl-f search to find anything.  This book has enormous impact.  Comments, please? Susanzwitter (talk) 16:09, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Swim in a Pond just an essay??