George Saunders on Lincoln in the Bardo

We were joined by the bestselling, Folio Prize-winning, George Saunders to discuss his astonishing first novel Lincoln in the Bardo, as well as performing arts company Word for Word who treated us to a dramatic reading from the book. Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Co-artistic directors Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter founded Word for Word in 1993. http://www.zspace.org/aboutwordforword/ Lincoln—Velina Brown Willy Lincoln—Jia Taylor Hans Vollman—Joel Mullinnex Bevins—Sheila Balter Other Voices—Kehinde Koyejo and Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe directed by Jim Cave