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2 unusual facts about George Saunders


Padma Viswanathan

Her story "Transitory Cities" won the 14th annual Boston Review Short-Story Contest in 2007, judged by George Saunders.

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil is a novella by short story writer George Saunders; it is 130 pages long.


Mark Poirier

He served as the editor of the book The Worst Years of Your Life: Stories for the Geeked-Out, Angst-Ridden, Lust-Addled, and Deeply Misunderstood Adolescent in All of Us, including short pieces by George Saunders, Jennifer Egan, A. M. Homes and Nathan Englander.

St. Petersburg Review

The first issue contains work by such American notables as Jeffrey Renard Allen, Aimee Bender, Padgett Powell, Liz Rosenberg, and George Saunders.


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Slater Park

This early development was largely directed by three men: the City Engineer, George Carpenter; the president of the Park Commission, James C. Potter; and the first Park Superintendent, George Saunders.