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Professor and Author George Saunders' 2013 Convocation Address - College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University

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George Saunders G'88, professor of English and author of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (Random House, 2021), Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo (Random House, 2017) and New York Times best-seller Tenth of December (Random House, 2013), delivered the following speech at The College of Arts and Sciences' undergraduate convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 11, 2013, in the Carrier Dome: Down through the ages, a traditional form has evolved for this type of speech, which is: Some old fart, his best years behind him, who, over the course of his life, has made a series of dreadful mistakes (that would be me), gives heartfelt advice to a group of shining, energetic young people, with all of their best years ahead of them (that would be you). And I intend to respect that tradition. Now, one useful thing you can do with an old person, in addition to borrowing money from them, or asking them to do one of their old-time “dances,” so you can watch, while laughing, is ask: “Looking back

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