"You have to make your vision apparent by shock – to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.” - FOC
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined April 2011
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Very excited to say that my new book "Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction" is now available for pre-order from Fordham University Press
fordhampress.com/97815315034…
Whatever these next four years have in store for us, reading Saunders reminds us to seek out mystery and embrace empathy, sacrifice and love. jesuitmedialab.org/the-spiri…
Here is something I wrote in response to one of my favorite books of the year (The Mythmakers, John Hendrix's book on CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien)
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Hope the David Foster Wallace (and George Saunders) folks move the conversations over to the new (better) place, where I am moconnell.bsky.social - come find me!
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“We're all gonna be dead soon, and it really doesn't matter anymore, so there's zero pressure.” - Celtics Coach Joe Mazzulla, dropping a seasonally appropriate memento mori
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New John Green is coming 🎉🎉
Hi! My new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, comes out March 18th. I'm signing 100,000 copies of it. You can preorder your signed copy today at everythingistb.com or wherever books are sold.
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Wrote a little something for @NCRonline about my favorite album of the year (so far) - MJ Lenderman's Manning Fireworks
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Really looking forward to teaching Saunders - 6 weeks, one or two stories per week - designed for folks who don’t have a ton of free time but want to carve out a space for meaningful reading and discussion
This month, join the Jesuit Media Lab for the online seminar "George Saunders as Catholic Storyteller." In this six-week asynchronous course with Michael O’Connell (@moc), you'll immerse yourself in Saunders' short stories.
Register: ow.ly/ATqk50TgSbj
David Foster Wallace folks will definitely appreciate this essay, but really, anyone will - it’s beautifully written
commonwealmagazine.org/findi…
Zach Lowe is the best basketball podcaster/ writer on the planet? This is an insane decision by ESPN
NEWS: ESPN has laid off NBA Sr. writer Zach Lowe, The Athletic has learned.
Details ...
nytimes.com/athletic/5796820…
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Truly love that one of my go to CFB writers consistently includes amazing “this is the actual heart of the gospel” reflections as part of his weekly football watchgrid
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Working on a unified theory of indie artists hating on Clapton; current entries: MJ Lenderman's "She's Leaving You" and Phoebe Bridgers's "Moon Song"
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My latest, on Stephen King channeling Flannery O'Connor jesuitmedialab.org/searching…
Iconic performance
James Earl Jones performs "The Raven" (with help from Bart and Homer) on The Simpsons. #RIP youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPq…
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