Status Updates From Nel paese della persuasione

There’s a story in here that’s like “fellas is it gay to marry a woman who is more butch than you” from like 20 years ago and it’s the kind of thing that if you wrote it this year would be so on the nose

In Persuasion Nation: are you buying or selling? Hilarious until it isn’t.

Brad Carrigan, American: maybe my new favorite of the collection alongside Jon. Maybe not his best collection overall thus far but certainly a lot more diverse than his usual collections.

93990: a sad story about animal test subjects for pharmaceuticals. Probably the weakest in the collection thus far for the sheer heartlessness of it.

Adams: a darkly funny dose of paranoia gone mad.

Christmas: tis the season for Saunders to continue a depressing streak.

The Red Bow: it has a lot of competition but this might just be the most devastating short story George Saunders ever wrote.

My Amendment: laughed with my belly here from beginning to end.

JON: best of the collection so far, though I really enjoy how much he’s leaning into his Vonnegut style thus far.