From The Archives – Lincoln In The Bardo: George Saunders On Writing With Empathy, Listening To The Past & Finding Light In The Depths Of Grief
1/26/202650 min
Regular listeners of the Service95 Book Club podcast know, as well as our new monthly read author interviews, we love revisiting some of Dua’s most memorable conversations — and this is a firm favourite.
This time from the archive, we’re diving back into Dua’s conversation with George Saunders about his experimental novel Lincoln In The Bardo, Dua’s Monthly Read for October 2024. Set in the cemetery where President Abraham Lincoln is mourning his young son Willie, it’s a story of intense personal grief, told against a backdrop of the American Civil War.
Dua and George discuss how he told such a...
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Dua Lipa· Host0:59
[gentle music] Welcome to the Service 95 Book Club with me, Dua Lipa. Today, I'm very excited to share my conversation with the legendary George Saunders, who I spoke to in October 2024 about his extraordinary novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. We talk about writing with empathy, listening to the voices of the past, and finding light even in the grief. My chat with George coming up. George, I