Oneonta’s George Saunders Due On Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Tuesday ONEONTA – George Saunders, the National Book Award finalist and author of the acclaimed “Tenth of December,” who lives somewhere near Oneonta, will make his third appearance with host Stephen Colbert on NBC’s “The Late Show” on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Saunders, a Syracuse University professor, was first a guest on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” in January 2013 and returned for the finale, singing “We’ll Meet Again” with Colbert and other past…
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Lauren Groff’s ‘Fates and Furies’ Finalist For National Book Award COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Lauren Groff’s latest novel, “Fates and Furies,” was named one of five fiction finalists for the National Book Awards, joining Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life” and Karen E. Bender’s “Refund.” Reviews have hailed the novel, which tells in dual narrative of the secrets in a 24-year-old marriage, as “a master class in best lines” and proclaimed her “a writer of rare gifts.” It was number nine on the New York Times Best…
George Saunders Crafts Aphorism For Chipotle’s ‘Cultivating Thought’ ONEONTA – National Book Award finalist and New York Times best-selling author George Saunders joins fellow authors Malcolm Gladwell, Toni Morrison and Sheri Fink as part of the Jonathan Safran Foer-curated “Cultivating Thought” series at Chipotle Mexican Grill, which features short stories on the company’s drink cups and take-out bags. Saunders, an Oneonta resident, writes: “Hope that, in the future, all is well, everyone eats free, no one must work, all just sit around feeling…