George Saunders - Tenth of December - Follow-up

As a final follow up on George Saunders after last night's animated conversation, here are links to a couple of interviews about specific stories: the title piece Tenth of December as well as The Semplica-Girl Diaries.  Neither is very long but both go into great detail about the art of crafting the story from the initial idea to all those particular details we were discussing last night.  Very evident that no element is accidental or an afterthought.


 
Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 20th at 7pm.  We are reading Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.  An excellent, literary piece of gritty crime fiction.