I Tested George Saunders on Liberation Day: What I Learned About Freedom, Fear, and Hope
When I think about “Liberation Day” by George Saunders, I’m drawn to the way it immediately feels both unsettling and deeply human. Saunders has a gift for taking familiar emotional terrain—power, fear, memory, grief, and the strange machinery of everyday life—and turning it into something sharp, surprising, and unforgettable. In this story, he once again…
