NEW YORK (AP) " It's not hard to understand why author George Saunders and rock star-actress-author Carrie Brownstein admire each other. Reading Saunders was like being "tickled with a fist or punched with a feather," she said. The two-hour event was billed, simply enough, "An Evening With Carrie Brownstein and George Saunders." It was the latest presentation of Selected Shorts, the popular and nationally aired Symphony Space series that brings together actors, authors and musicians. Saunders spoke of the inevitable moments while writing when he's sure the story is no good, and neither is he.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 02, 2016 03:12 UTC