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- Sopan DebInterview
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders – mostly because I’ve heard amazing things about the book.
- Ashley StorrieInterview
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, I’ve put off reading it because so many people I know talked it up so much, I don’t like to dive into things with too many expectations. I feel like I’m ready now, and I’m excited to read something different. I’m a bit of a homebody when it comes to books, I tread familiar…
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I really enjoyed reading What Language Do I dream In? by my former editor, Elena Lappin. Lappin has an acute sense of tension, and the way she loops explosive events of her life—discovering her father was not her father—into the philosophic around art, language is skilful and riveting.
- Margaret HeffernanInterview
Undoubtedly Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. An imaginative triumph: it literally made me laugh out loud and it made me weep. It is an exquisite and totally original articulation of a deep love of life.
- Chigozie ObiomaInterview
I am reading more on the civilization of the Igbo people and their history. I also hope to read Days Without Ends by Sebastian Barry, The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron, and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.
- Kayla Rae WhitakerInterview
I’m planning a good, digging re-read of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov by the end of 2017. I’m saving Swing Time by Zadie Smith and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders for my next big plane ride, which will actually be to Australia to tour for The Animators in August, so I’ll need several books to fill all that…
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