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The Hank Center welcomes George Saunders to the Loyola Campus on March 1st for two distinct events, one during the day and one in the evening.

Event 1: Symposium
Good God, But Life Could Be Less Than Easy: George Saunders and the Fiction of Radical Humanism
This symposium features not only a morning address by George Saunders, but also traditional conference panels interspersed with creative expressions and responses to conference themes. The day concludes with a special visit from the creative writing students at 826CHI and a book signing session.

Participation and lunch are free when you register for this event.
PLEASE REGISTER HERE.

Symposium Schedule
Thursday, March 1, 2018
9:00-10:15 AM          George Saunders Plenary Address
10:15-10:30 AM        Break
10:30-11:45 AM        Panel Session 1
11:45 AM                   Lunch
12:15-1:00 PM           Pedagogy Roundtable: Teaching George Saunders
1:00-1:15 PM             Break
1:15-2:15 PM             Panel Session 2
2:15-2:30 PM             Break
2:30-3:00 PM             Panel Session 3
3:00-3:15 PM             Break
3:15-4:00 PM             Panel Session 4
4:00-4:40P M             Session 5 (826CHI)
4:40 PM                      Symposium Concludes
4:45-5:25 PM             Book Signing with George Saunders

All Symposium sessions will be held in Klarcheck Information Commons, 4th Floor, Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660.
Please click here for parking information and directions.

Event 2: Live From Loyola
George Saunders Radio Hour
An evening with MacArthur Genius and the Man Booker Prize-winning author, George Saunders. Raised Catholic in Chicago but now also a practicing Tibetan Buddhist, the author has a decidedly individual take on spirituality​ that informs his fiction. Unsettling, insightful, and hilarious, Saunders’s stories not only entertain and delight, but also “prepare us for tenderness.” Please join us for a celebration of Saunders’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo—and an evening of live readings, discussion, and surprises that will no doubt please the gathered crowd.

Thursday, March 1, 2018, 8:00-9:30 PM

Mundelein Auditorium, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus, 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660.

Click for more information and to purchase tickets.