George Saunders on Life and the Afterlife
From Open Source with Christopher Lydon by Christopher Lydon
February 5, 2026 · 32 min
About this episode
George Saunders discusses life and the afterlife through his imaginative lens as a novelist.
We’re going off script out here in the afterlife, in the imagination of the triple-threat novelist George Saunders. He’s eminent as a writer of stories and novels, as a critical reader, and as a teacher ... The post George Saunders on Life and the Afterlife appeared first on Open Source with Christopher Lydon .
People in this episode
Host: Christopher Lydon
Guest: George Saunders
Topics covered
- life
- afterlife
- imagination
- novel writing
- storytelling
- teaching
Keywords
- George Saunders
- afterlife
- novelist
- stories
- teaching
- imagination
- writing
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