Story Club with George Saunders

Story Club with George Saunders

A Story Comes Out of a Transient State of Mind

Thoughts on "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline"

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George Saunders
Feb 22, 2026
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Dear Friends,

Well, I’m back home in Los Angeles after a great and very full week in the U.K. More about that glorious trip below but for today I just wanted to follow-up a little on CivilWarLand in Bad Decline.”

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline - Picture 1 of 1

But first: two big announcements came out this week regarding Lincoln in the Bardo.

There was this, announcing a coming movie version, to be directed by Duke Johnson.

Duke Johnson; 'Lincoln in the Bardo' and George Saunders

And this, on the opera, written by Missy Mazzoli, with libretto by Royce Vavrek, and which is now scheduled for next October.

I know, I know, it’s a lot. :) I consider myself wildly lucky, to have attracted such astonishing collaborators/adapters.

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