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George Saunders
Well, so, you probably all know about Saunders, right? After all, he wrote one of the best books of 2013, Tenth of December, featuring the heartbreakingly funny and familiar dystopic story, “The Semplica Girl Diaries.” Saunders is highly acclaimed, and deservedly so. His stories tend to take place in a world that is not quite ours, tilted an extra degree or two into a place of absurdity that is all too recognizable, despite not quite being our current reality. And, if you’ve ever been to Colonial Williamsburg, you’ll take a ton of pleasure in reading “Pastoralia.” Even if you haven’t been, you’ll still love the story, because you’re human right? Right. Also, please read this amazing gChat interview from The Paris Review that Saunders did with Katherine Bernard. You will love him even more than you thought possible, or at least, I did.