The Braindead Megaphone
The Braindead Megaphone is George Saunders’s first full-length essay collection, published in 2007; it is 272 pages long. The collection has many essays that appeared in The New Yorker and GQ.
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| Author | George Saunders | 
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| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
| Publisher | Riverhead Books | 
Publication date  | September 4, 2007 | 
| Media type | Print (Trade Paperback) | 
| Pages | 272 p. | 
| ISBN | 1-59448-256-X | 
Contents
    
- "The Braindead Megaphone"
 - "The New Mecca" (originally published in GQ)
 - "Thank You, Esther Forbes"
 - "A Survey of the Literature" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2003)
 - "Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra"
 - "A Brief Study of the British"
 - "Nostalgia" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
 - "Ask the Optimist!" (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
 - "Proclamation," (originally published in The New Yorker, 2006)
 - "Woof: A Plea of Sorts"
 - "The Great Divider"
 - "Thought Experiment" (originally published as "Advice from an Old Fart, in the Form of a Thought Experiment" in Take My Advice, edited by James L. Harmon, 2002)
 - "The Perfect Gerbil: Reading Barthelme's 'The School'"
 - "The United States of Huck: Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 2001.)
 - "Buddha Boy" (originally published as "The Incredible Buddha Boy," GQ, 2007).
 - "Manifesto: A Press Release from PRKA" (originally published on Slate.com, 2004).
 
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