A&S Alumni Academy: A Conversation with George Saunders G'88 and Provost Gretchen Ritter

Called the “best short-story writer in English” by Time, George Saunders recently released his latest collection of short stories. Liberation Day delves into ideas of power, ethics, justice, and community, and what it means to be human. In this installment of A&S Alumni Academy, Professor Saunders and Provost Gretchen Ritter discuss his newest book, teaching in the Creative Writing program, and how being human is one of the most powerful forces on the planet.