Dave Eggers

creator of McSweeney's

author of A HeartBreakingWorkOfStaggeringGenius

His readings are apparently pretty fun.

interview based on questions from McSweeney's readers

using his well-gotten gains (and profits from a pirate supply shop!) to underwrite 826 Valencia, a free writing center

• (see Stimulating Learning Projects, Reading And Writing)

• http://www.826valencia.org/

• http://www.thelowell.org/features/2002-03/oct15-826.html

• hey a NYC operation! (with superhero store instead of pirates) (well, actually Brooklyn Ny) http://www.826nyc.org/

  • We are committed to making sure that our students have an outlet for the wonderful material they produce. To this end, we help them publish and distribute their work, be it in their own zine, in a specially produced book, or in our own quarterly. gee, I hear it doesn't cost much to publish your work online...

• and a Chicago http://www.826chi.org/ Boring Store spy supplies