![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re not familiar with Saunders’ writing, then we have you covered. Below we’ve collected 10 stories by the author, all free to read online. You can watch him give a reading at Google above, or make appearances on the PBS News Hour and The Colbert Report. Since then, Saunders has found himself in the limelight talking about Tenth of December, his newly-published collection of short stories. On that day, The New York Times published an article with the title, “George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year,” a pretty bold declaration given that 2013 still had 359 days to go. Over the years, he has gained the reputation of being a “writer’s writer,” with authors like Tobias Wolff saying about Saunders: “He’s been one of the luminous spots of our literature for the past 20 years.” But despite his literary accomplishments, and despite winning the prestigious MacArthur award in 2006, George Saunders never quite became a household name until January 6 of this year. ![]() Saunders published his first short story with The New Yorker back in 1992, and his new stories have regularly debuted in the magazine’s Fiction section ever since. For writers and serious readers, George Saunders is anything but a newcomer. ![]()
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