The Braindead Megaphone

Collection of George Saunders essays.By George SaundersRating: 4 / 5.When I went to write my notes for this book, I noticed that I arrived at the title because of Minsuk Kang’s daily sentence from July 15, 2025: Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.George Saunders I loved the quote, added the book to my reading list, and managed to forget about it. Until I took a comedy writing class, wherein a local comic named Micah Leslie recommended A Swim in a Pond in the Rain as one of his all-time favorite books. I liked it and caught this Saunders title on sale and here we are. I was delighted to find that I saved the very same quote from my reading. I wonder if some muffled inner memory of it experienced a flash of recognition that didn’t quite make it to my consciousness. There were many other great quotes, too. I love reading…