Short-story icon and MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winner George Saunders takes to the historic stage of Tampa Theatre in celebration of the release of his highly-anticipated debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. The “subversive, hilarious, and emotionally piercing” Saunders, whom The Washington Post dubbed “an essential literary figure for our time,” will be joined by 2016 National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ honoree Thomas Pierce and LA Times Book Prize finalist David James Poissant for a landmark conversation about writing, humor, and the role of fiction in contemporary life.