Gorgeous George

George P. Bush capitalizing on Latino roots to stump for Uncle George.

"...month was nothing to write home about -- until George P. Bush mamboed into town and livened things up..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Russell Contreras

Book Reviews

Reviews of Recent Fiction and Nonfiction

"...Pastoralia: Stories by George Saunders..."

May 19, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Temples and Playgrounds

Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4

"...The Braindead Megaphone: Essaysby George Saunders Riverhead, 257 pp., $14 (paper)..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

"...The Very Persistent Gappers of Fripby George Saunders..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Review by Shannon McCormick

Bedside Manner: Come Back, Cotter

Temperature's rising, we fall to reading in the conditioned air.

"...going on. The Braindead Megaphone is a collection of George Saunders essays, wherein the man behind all those brilliant..."

July 9, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nick Offerman at BookPeople

The actor and author of Gumption described meeting some of his personal heroes before a loving crowd

"...to meet some of his heroes, including Wendell Berry, George Saunders, and Conan O'Brien, Offerman shared a hilarious riff..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postscripts

Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.

"...George Saunders and his demented, hilarious imagination (Pastoralia, CivilWarLand in..."

April 6, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Silent Night

English nightmare comedy is as much Noël Coward as George A. Romero

"...touch of Absolutely Fabulous and its precursor, French & Saunders. There are also a few played-out conventions invoked, like..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Regional Office Is Under Attack!

This adventure tale pulls elements from many corners of pop culture, but Manuel Gonzales’ writing chops make it wholly his own

"...exception. Moments have a high-toned literary gloss that channels George Saunders or a less vocabularily intense David Foster Wallace..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Adrienne Martini

Choke

Choke, a forgettable adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 2001 novel, features Sam Rockwell as a man of many hats, all of them off-putting.

"...as blackly comic as it should be (check out George Saunders’ novella CivilWarLand in Bad Decline for a far..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

O. Henry Awards: Prize Stories 2000

"...Larry Dark; Prize Jury: Michael Cunningham, Pam Houston, and George Saunders..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Review by Martin Wilson

Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays From The New York Times

A collection of New York Times essays that draws the correlation between what we eat and who we are

"...any writer could examine. Except of course if you're George Saunders, who claims in his essay to have given..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

The Capitol Beat on Books

Texas Book Festival Wrap

"...and What They Mean, which leans heavily on gaffe-happy George, grinned, "It's a thrill to be talking about George..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 31 - January 6

"...the author is having fun with it." Sagittarian author George Saunders adds that at its best, "Literature is a..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Next Up at SXSW: Ben Arthur

Web host finally showcases and panels up for March

"...authors of the short stories, like Jonathan Lethem and George Saunders, which was a real thrill for a lit..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...Other Stories. Piling up comparisons to such debuts as George Saunders' CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Donald Barthelme's Come..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Judges

"...night at the G&S Lounge playing video games with George Saunders, a short story writer he admires...."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature

'Ice' and Slice

Carnival o' Pizza and Rick Moody on the horizon

"...have lunch with Dave Eggers, a story critique by George Saunders, and “the right to be the only person..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Bedside Manner: Black Holes, Fake Legs, and the Shaggs

Confessions of a late-night page-flipper

"...a convincing case, and any man who cites both George Saunders and the Shaggs is OK with me...."

Jan. 31, 2011 Books Post by Audra Schroeder

A Stand-Up Guy

Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh

"...George Saunders, in his book of essays The Braindead Megaphone,..."

April 23, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

It Is What It Is

The year in books

"...Nonfiction (Riverhead Books). The first – from fiction writer George Saunders, who wooed audiences at November's Texas Book Festival..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Book of Other People

Profits from the sales of this priceless anthology of short stories will benefit 826NYC

"...effectively as they realize the potential of sequential art; George Saunders' "Puppy," another of the writer's darkly satirical explorations..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Temples and Playgrounds

Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4

Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature

Temples and Playgrounds

Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4

"...vs. Nonfiction With Andrew Helfer, Eric Martin, Emily Rapp, George Saunders, Wesley Stace, Vendela Vida, and Amanda Eyre Ward..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature by Marrit Ingman

News/Print

People in the news

"...on the National Register of Historic Places. We missed George Saunders out there; we will not miss Doyle. Neither..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Arthur the Absurdist

"...Jesus's Son but with intriguing levels of humor like George Saunders' Pastoralia, Dogwalker compels you to keep reading it,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...failed to sway the self-proclaimed born-again and reformed Gov. George W. Bush. "Many of Tucker's supporters are basing their..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After the Deluge: Awash in Legal Fees

"...Total outside counsel costs: $355,000 to George Donaldson & Ford (hourly rate $325)...."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

Austin, California?

The West Coast Goes to the Southwest

"...is and how my stuff turned out," says screenwriter George F. Saunders, who is now in pre-production for an..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

Texas Platters

"...old Apple Records' labelmates Lon and Derrek Van Eaton's George Harrison-ish take on "Apple of My Eye." The locals..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

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