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Dave Eggers at Moe's BooksRevenge of the Book Eaters (Chicago)Dave Eggers Notebook (Detour Exhibition)826 Valencia / McSweeney'sOne Ring Zero singing "The Ghost of Rita Gonzalo" (lyrics by Dave Eggers) Read More
From gawker.com We missed this until we saw it on Kottke: McSweeney's, which apparently doesn't have any money, is opening an actual business! Dave Eggers and pals are opening Timothy McSweeney's Design House, which will specialize in what has been dubbed that "distinctive po-mo, neo-classic proto-post-victorian sensibility" that all the kids love so much. ... Read More
From theage.com.auWriters' festival scoops Eggers Jason StegerJune 2, 2007 IN A coup that will turn directors of writers' festivals around the country green with envy, Rosemary Cameron has snared American writer Dave Eggers as a guest at this year's Age Melbourne Writers' Festival. Eggers burst on to the writing scene in 2000 with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering G... Read More
From sdjewishjournal.comBy Rabbi Phil Graubart"...What is the What by Dave Eggers, a novel, tells the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese “lost boy” who walked from Southern Sudan to Ethiopia, and ended up in the United States. Although I’ve kept up on news from Darfur and Southern Sudan, this powerful, relentless novel greatly in... Read More
From nymag.comLadies’ Month At the Culture Project’s annual Women Center Stage festival, the spotlight’s on female playwrights and directors. By Emma Rosenblum 1. Elizabeth Swados: Political Subversities July 1 through 15 An edgy combination of humorous s... Read More
From quillandquire.com Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews Previous: Angry mob attempts to kick author’s ass Salon on the money woes of McSweeney’s As you’ve probably heard by now, the U.S.-based McSweeney’s is appealling to its readership to help them out of a ... Read More
From LAist.comJune 21, 2007 Books to Film: When Your Favorite Novel Becomes a Terrible Movie From time to time, LAist will take a look at the many book-to-film projects underway in Hollywood. We'll explore the books we love and why we're over-the-moon excited or just plain worried about the film projects that bear their name. When it was announced a few weeks ago that St... Read More
From spiked-online.comA mind-numbing work of staggering dullness Dave Eggers’ new non-fiction novel about a former child soldier is boring, bullying and besotted with its own moral probity. by Emily Hill ... Read More
From radaronline.com HEARTBREAKING WORK Rummage salesman EggersTrue to their unpredictably aberrant reputation, indie publishing house McSweeney's has come up with a creative solution to fixing their $130,000 debt—an eBay auction. Though we've seen the garage sale approach before, McSweeney's clientele might just be the generous sort of folk to pull their favorite publish... Read More
The Daily Intelligencer Photo: eBay.comMcSweeney's book distributor filed for bankruptcy six months ago, and the indie-cooler-than-thou publisher has now realized it's out some $130,000, which it kind of needs. So Eggers & Co. are selling their heirlooms to make ends meet, ... Read More
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