Youtube although its been almost three months since author george saunders spoke at syracuse. A look at george saunderss kindness on tenth of december day. Saunderss advice to the class of 20 went viral after the new york times reprinted his speech later that summer. The best commencement speeches, ever back to all speeches. Most graduation speeches, full of platitudes and pat advice, are instantly forgotten. Last year, saunders delivered the convocation speech for syracuse university where he teaches writing. George saunders opens up about his commencement speech and its buddhist roots updated mar 22, 2019. Below is the full transcript of george saunders commencement address to syracuse s class of 20. As syracuse universitys 2015 commencement speaker, mary karr faced a tough crowd. George saunderss advice to graduates the new york times. George saunders extols the virtues of kindness in 20 speech to. The best commencement speech of 20 is set to become a book. Not the one given earlier this year by the writer george saunders at syracuse university, where he teaches.
Posted aug 08, 20 george saunders opens up about his convocation speech at syracuse university. The speech touches on some of the moments in his life and larger themes. He has been a professor of creative writing at syracuse since 1997. The story has an environmental portent, and also makes a deep underlying point about kindness, something that saunders returns to repeatedly.
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Some old fart, his best years behind him, who, over the course of his life. Graduation speech by george saunders to become a book the. This one about a just discovered commencement speech. George saunders, failures of kindness, syracuse university 20. As always, but especially now during covid19, you can turn to us for your next pantry meal, food shopping tips, or to connect with our team and community. George saunders speech makes me rethink my priorities. George saunders delivered the commencement speech at sus college of arts and sciences, where he is a professor, on may 11, 20. On may 11 at the carrier dome, writer, professor and class of 88 alumnus george saunders delivered the convocation speech for the college of arts and sciences at syracuse university. In 20, celebrated author george saunders delivered the convocation address at syracuse universitys commencement. The commencement address george saunders delivered this past spring at syracuse university, which has gone viral across the internet, will be. Down through the ages, a traditional form has evolved for this type of speech, which is.
George saunders commencement speech at syracuse 20. George saunders shared with us his notes for a speech he gave at. If you enjoyed the topic of this speech, i cant recommend this book enough. This book is the convocation speech george saunders gave to the 20. Graduation speech by george saunders to become a book. Its long past graduation season, but we recently learned that george saunders delivered the convocation speech at syracuse university for the class of 20, and george was kind enough to send it our way and allow us to reprint it here. Heres the simple 20 syracuse university commencement speech, which i had. Tenth of december author george saunders congratulations, by. His new book, tenth of december, is on sale january 20.
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