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George Saunders on Fiction and Empathy

2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner George Saunders

In this National Book Festival event, George Saunders accepts the 2023 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction and speaks about his writing process, how problems in a work-in-progress contain opportunities, and the place of empathy in storytelling in a conversation moderated by Library of Congress literary director Clay Smith.

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George Saunders
Clay Smith
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Prize
National Book Festival
discussion
interview
2023

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