The Writer’s Coin

How I got here: This book has been talked about in a bunch of places, especially the Amazon Book Blog (now Omnivoracious). Díaz wrote one other book, a short-story collection called Drown, which was very well received.
I haven’t really looked forward to sitting down and reading like this in a long time, so this was [...]

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How I got here: A great article by George Saunders in his latest book, The Braindead Megaphone, which I reviewed here.
This is one of those books that everyone has read or recognizes they should read. A classic. Well, this was one of the ones I just never read. Sometimes you just need something to remind [...]

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How I got here: I love George Sauders’s stories
The first time I read George Saunders (CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Pastoralia), I knew I had found a fresh voice that sounded like nothing I’d ever read before.
He returns here with his latest book, which is all essays.
His unique voice is what carries all these pieces, [...]

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