79 - George Saunders' Tenth of December (Guest: Taylor Vick of Boy Scouts)

Bay Area musician Taylor Vick of Boy Scouts joins the podcast this episode to share her love for George Saunders’ The Tenth of December. Listen in as Taylor and Nick talk about the book’s use of absurdist mechanisms to move the reader, the connections between Saunders’ work and Boy Scouts, and their own attempts to explore new areas of art, despite any existing contextual baggage. Listening to this episode whilst going on a long walk is not mandatory, but nevertheless highly recommended.
Boy Scouts’ excellent new record Wayfinder is available now from ANTI- Records.
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From Anti-Records: "As Boy Scouts, Oakland-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Vick makes the kind of music that hits like good advice from a beloved friend. It's generously warm and inviting, built atop her open, searching voice, but it doesn't shy away from tough emotional truths."
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George Saunders is an author of novels, essays, and most famously short stories. He was the recipient of both a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a winner of the Man Booker Prize. Notable works include Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), Tenth of December (2013), The Braindead Megaphone (2007), In Persuasion Nation (2006), Pastoralia (2000), and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996).