Week 10
Madeleine Vonfoester's "Mother of the Tree" G ood day and welcome back, class. Hope all is well with you. It is week 10, the penultimate in the course! Today we will review a story by 19th century author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and one by George Saunders, and perhaps we will do so in the group format used previously. Saunders is considered a contemporary master of the short story and very articulate on the matter of his artistic process (see the links below). George Saunders on how to write a better story (video): https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/419391/george-saunders-on-story/ (Essay: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write There is an element of the macabre in his work, mixing uncomfortably with the day-to-day ordin...