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{{Short description|American writer, editor, and publisher (born 1970)|bot=PearBOT 5}} |
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| name = Dave Eggers |
| name = Dave Eggers |
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| image = Dave Eggers |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|12|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts |
| birth_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| occupation = Writer |
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| nationality = American |
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| period = 1993–present |
| period = 1993–present |
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| movement = [[Postmodern literature]], [[post-postmodern]], [[new sincerity]] |
| movement = [[Postmodern literature]], [[post-postmodern]], [[new sincerity]] |
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| website = {{URL|http://www.mcsweeneys.net}}<br/>{{URL|http://www.daveeggers.net}} |
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| notableworks = ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]'' (2000), ''[[What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]]'' (2006), ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'' (2009), ''[[A Hologram for the King]]'' (2012), ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]'' (2013) |
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| spouse = [[Vendela Vida]] |
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| awards = [[Heinz Award]], Independent Publisher Book Award, [[Prix Médicis]], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|Book Prize]] |
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| children = 2 |
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| influences = [[William T. Vollman]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/books/review/dave-eggers-by-the-book.html | work=The New York Times | title=Dave Eggers: By the Book | date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> |
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| relatives = [[William D. Eggers]] (brother)<br/>[[Constance Demby]] (aunt) |
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| website = {{URL|http://www.mcsweeneys.net}} |
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| education = [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] |
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'''Dave Eggers''' (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He |
'''Dave Eggers''' (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]''. Eggers is also the founder of ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern]]'', a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project [[826 Valencia]], co-founder of The Hawkins Project, and the [[human rights]] [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] [[Voice of Witness]]; and the founder of [[ScholarMatch]], a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines, including ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', and ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''. |
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==Early life and education== |
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==Life== |
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Eggers was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts |
Eggers was born in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, one of four siblings. His father, John K. Eggers (1936–1991), was an attorney, while his mother, Heidi McSweeney Eggers (1940–1992), was a school teacher. His father was Protestant and his mother was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. As a child, the family moved to [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], where he attended [[Lake Forest High School (Illinois)|public high school]] and was a classmate of actor [[Vince Vaughn]]. Eggers's elder brother [[William D. Eggers]] is a researcher who has worked for several conservative [[think tank]]s, doing research promoting [[privatization]].<ref>{{cite web|date=n.d.|title=William D. Eggers|url=http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/eggers.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212013051/http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/eggers.htm|archive-date=February 12, 2007|access-date=2007-02-19|publisher=Manhattan Institute for Policy Research|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Eggers's sister Beth died by suicide in November 2001.<ref>{{cite news|author=Preston, John|date=December 29, 2009|title=Dave Eggers interview: the heartbreak kid|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6865365/Dave-Eggers-interview-the-heartbreak-kid.html|access-date=September 22, 2010}}</ref> Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for [[McSweeney's]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2002|title=Readers Interview Dave Eggers|url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/interview/readers_de.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211133148/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/interview/readers_de.html|archive-date=February 11, 2007|access-date=2007-02-19|work=McSweeney's Internet Tendency|df=mdy}}</ref> |
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These events were chronicled in his first book, the fictionalized ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]''. At the time, Eggers was 21, and his |
Eggers attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]], intending to obtain a degree in journalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0123authors.html|date=January 23, 2007|access-date=2007-02-16|title="Four prize-winning authors taking part in U. of I. series that begins Feb. 8" by Andrea Lynn|agency=News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514223841/http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/07/0123authors.html|archive-date=May 14, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> However, his studies were interrupted by the deaths of both of his parents: his father in 1991 from brain and lung cancer, and his mother in January 1992 from stomach cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/9412-circle-eggers?start=1|date=2018|access-date=2018-04-26|title="Circle (Eggers) - Author Bio"]}}</ref> These events were chronicled in his first book, the fictionalized ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]''. At the time, Eggers was age 21, and his youngest sibling, Christopher ("Toph"), was 8 years old. The two elder siblings, William and Beth, were unable to commit to caring for Toph; his eldest sibling, William, had a full-time job and his next-eldest sibling, Beth, was enrolled in law school. As a result, Eggers took responsibility. He left the University of Illinois and moved to Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend Kirsten and his brother. They initially moved in with Eggers' sibling, Beth, and her roommate, but eventually found a place in another part of town, which they paid for with money left to them by their parents. Toph attended a small private school, and Eggers did temp work and freelance graphic design for a local newspaper. |
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Eventually, with his friend David Moodie, Eggers took over a local free newspaper called ''Cups''. This gradually evolved into the satirical magazine ''Might''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Galow|first=Timothy W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCW6BwAAQBAJ|title=Understanding Dave Eggers|date=2014-11-12|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-61117-428-1|pages=13|language=en}}</ref> |
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Eggers lives in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and is married to [[Vendela Vida]], also a writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/27/DD126631.DTL|date=August 27, 2003|accessdate=2007-02-22|title="Vendela Vida floats amid S.F. literati but keeps feet, attitude firmly planted" by Joshunda Sanders|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> The couple has two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/living-0/117074735842110.xml&coll=1|date=February 6, 2007|accessdate=2007-02-22|title="Different worlds: The many lives — novelist, social activist, literary innovator, teacher — of Dave Eggers" by Susan Larson|work=[[The Times-Picayune]]}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Eggers's elder brother, Bill, is a researcher who has worked for several conservative [[think tank]]s, doing research promoting [[privatization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/eggers.htm|date=n.d.|accessdate=2007-02-19|title=William D. Eggers|work=[[Manhattan Institute]] for Policy Research}}</ref> Eggers's sister, Beth, committed suicide in November 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6865365/Dave-Eggers-interview-the-heartbreak-kid.html|title= Dave Eggers interview: the heartbreak kid|author=Preston, John|date= December 29, 2009|work=Telegraph.co.uk ([[The Daily Telegraph]])|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|accessdate=September 22, 2010|location=London}}</ref> Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for [[McSweeney's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/interview/readers_de.html|year=2002|accessdate=2007-02-19|title=Readers Interview Dave Eggers|work=McSweeney's Internet Tendency}}</ref> |
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[[File:Valentino Deng & Dave Eggers in San Mateo 10-1-08 2.JPG|alt=|thumb|Eggers worked with [[Sudan]] refugee Valentino Achak Deng to tell a fictionalized account of Achak's life story.]] |
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[[File:Dave Eggers in San Mateo 10-1-08.JPG|thumb|Eggers in October 2008]] |
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Eggers began writing as a Salon.com editor and founded ''Might'' magazine in San Francisco in 1994 with David Moodie and Marny Requa, while also writing a comic strip called ''Smarter Feller'' (originally ''Swell'') for ''SF Weekly''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-03-08/culture/growing-up-in-public/full|date=March 8, 2000|access-date=2007-02-21|title="Growing Up in Public: David Eggers and Ann Powers" by Mark Athitakis|work=SF Weekly|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103030942/http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-03-08/culture/growing-up-in-public/full/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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''Might'' evolved out of the small San Francisco-based independent paper ''Cups'', and gathered a loyal following with its irreverent humor and quirky approach to the issues and personalities of the day.<ref name=":1" /> An article purporting to be an obituary of former 1980s child star [[Adam Rich]] (originally intended to be ''[[Back to the Future]]'' star [[Crispin Glover]] until Glover backed out) garnered some national attention.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Risser|first=Nathan|date=2021-07-29|title=Don't Kill Your Darlings: Dave Eggers, Faking Death and Might Magazine|url=https://www.neonbooks.org.uk/dave-eggers-faking-death-might-magazine/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Neon Books|language=en-GB}}</ref> The magazine regularly included humour pieces, and a number of essays and non-fiction pieces by seminal writers of the 1990s, including "Impediments to Passion", an essay on sex in the AIDS era by [[David Foster Wallace]]. |
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He was one of three 2008 [[TED (conference)|TED]] Prize recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/announcing_2008.php|year=2007|accessdate=2007-11-21|title=TED Blog: Announcing 2008 TED Prize Winners}}</ref> His TED Prize wish was for helping community members to personally engage with local public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/233|title=Talks Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School|accessdate=2008-03-19|format=video|work=TED Conference Website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedprize.org/?page_id=7|title=TEDPrize 2008 Winner: Dave Eggers|accessdate=2008-03-19|work=TED Prize Website}}</ref> The same year, he was named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" by ''[[Utne Reader]]''.<ref>[http://www.utne.com/2008-11-13/50-Visionaries-Who-Are-Changing-Your-World.aspx Visionaries Who Are Changing the World]</ref> |
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As Eggers later recounted in his memoir ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' that the magazine consistently struggled to make a profit, and it stopped publication in 1997. An anthology of the best of ''Might'' magazine's brief run, ''{{'}}Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp' and Other Essays from Might Magazine'', was published in late 1998. By this time, Eggers was freelancing for ''Esquire'' and continuing to work for Salon.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} |
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In 2005, he was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] from [[Brown University]]. He delivered the baccalaureate address at the school in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/05/eggers|title=Dave Eggers to deliver Brown University commencement address|date=May 19, 2008|accessdate=December 4, 2009}}</ref> |
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''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'', published in 2000, Eggers' first book, is a memoir with fictional elements, and it focuses on his struggle to raise his younger brother in the San Francisco Bay Area following the deaths of both of their parents. The book quickly became a bestseller and was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for General Non-Fiction. The memoir was praised for its originality, idiosyncratic self-referencing, and for several innovative stylistic elements.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Lukas|title=Postirony: The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers|date=2016|publisher=transcript|location=Bielefeld|isbn=978-3-8376-3661-1}}</ref> Early printings of the 2001 trade-paperback edition were published with a lengthy postscript entitled, ''Mistakes We Knew We Were Making''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} |
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==Literary work== |
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[[File:Valentino Deng & Dave Eggers in San Mateo 10-1-08 2.JPG|alt=|thumb|Eggers worked with Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng to tell a fictionalized account of Achak's life story]] |
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{{Wikinews|2007 Brooklyn Book Festival showcases borough's continued literary tradition}}Eggers began writing as a ''[[Salon.com]]'' editor and founded ''[[Might magazine|Might]]'' magazine, while also writing a comic strip called ''Smarter Feller'' (originally ''Swell'') for ''[[SF Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-03-08/culture/growing-up-in-public/full|date=March 8, 2000|accessdate=2007-02-21|title="Growing Up in Public: David Eggers and Ann Powers" by Mark Athitakis|work=[[SF Weekly]]}}</ref> His first book was a memoir (with fictional elements), ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]'' (2000), which focused on the author's struggle to raise his younger brother in San Francisco following the deaths of both of their parents. The book quickly became a bestseller and was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for General Non-Fiction. The memoir was praised for its originality, idiosyncratic self-referencing, and for several innovative stylistic elements. Early printings of the 2001 [[Trade paperback|trade-paperback]] edition were published with a lengthy postscript entitled, ''Mistakes We Knew We Were Making''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} |
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In 2002, Eggers published his first novel |
In 2002, Eggers published his first novel ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity]]'', a story about a frustrating attempt to give away money to deserving people while haphazardly traveling the globe. An expanded and revised version was released as ''Sacrament'' in 2003. A version without the new material in ''Sacrament'' was created and retitled ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity!]]'' for a Vintage imprint distribution. He has since published ''[[How We Are Hungry]]'', a collection of short stories, and three politically themed serials for Salon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.salon.com/books/eggers/index.html|year=2004|access-date=2007-02-21|title=Introducing (again) Dave Eggers|work=Salon.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117001949/http://archive.salon.com/books/eggers/index.html|archive-date=November 17, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
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In November 2005, Eggers published ''Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated'', a book of interviews with former prisoners sentenced to death and later exonerated. The book was compiled with [[Lola Vollen]], |
In November 2005, Eggers published ''Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated'', a book of interviews with former prisoners sentenced to death and later exonerated. The book was compiled with [[Lola Vollen]], a specialist in the aftermath of major human rights abuses and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley's Institute of International Studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voiceofwitness.com/abouted.html|access-date=2007-02-20|title=Surviving Justice: About the Editors|work=Voice of Witness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716024346/http://www.voiceofwitness.com/abouted.html|archive-date=July 16, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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''Surviving Justice''. Eggers's 2006 novel ''[[What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]]'' (McSweeney's) was a finalist for the 2006 [[National Book Critics Circle Award#Fiction|National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=finalists|date=n.d.|accessdate=2007-03-11|title=NBCC Awards Finalists|work=The [[National Book Critics Circle]], [http://www.bookcritics.org/ bookcritics.org] |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070205013337/http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=finalists <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = February 5, 2007}}</ref> Eggers also edits the ''Best American Nonrequired Reading'' series, an annual anthology of short stories, essays, journalism, satire, and alternative comics. |
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Eggers' 2006 novel ''[[What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]]'' was a finalist for the 2006 [[National Book Critics Circle Award#Fiction|National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=finalists|access-date=2007-03-11|title=NBCC Awards Finalists|work=The National Book Critics Circle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205013337/http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=finalists|archive-date=February 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Eggers also edits the ''Best American Nonrequired Reading'' series, an annual anthology of short stories, essays, journalism, satire, and alternative comics.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8hIXqvmA9LMC |title=The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021 |isbn=978-0-547-57743-2 |access-date=2024-07-07 |quote=}}</ref> |
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Eggers was one of the original contributors to ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]'' and helped create its section "The Jump". He also acted as the first, anonymous "Answer Guy", a column that continued to run after he stopped working for the publication.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3288256| title=Making It Up as We Go Along| work=[[ESPN the Magazine]]| date = March 11, 2008| accessdate=2008-09-29}}</ref> |
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Eggers was one of the original contributors to ''ESPN The Magazine'' and helped create its section "The Jump". He also acted as the first, anonymous "Answer Guy", a column that continued to run after he stopped working for the publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3288256|title=Making It Up as We Go Along|work=ESPN the Magazine|date=March 11, 2008|access-date=2008-09-29}}</ref> |
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On November 7, 2009, he was presented with the "Courage in Media" Award by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for his book ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ca.cair.com/losangeles/news/announcing_courage_in_media_award_recipient_author_activist_dave_eggers |title=Announcing 'Courage in Media' Award Recipient: Author & Activist Dave Eggers |date=October 30, 2009 |publisher=CAIR California |accessdate=November 7, 2009 }}</ref> The story is of a Syrian immigrant, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, in New Orleans who was helping neighbors after Hurricane Katrina when he was arrested, imprisoned and suffered abuse. ''Zeitoun'' has been optioned by [[Jonathan Demme]], who is working on a screenplay for an animated film-rendition of the work. To Demme, it "felt like the first in-depth immersion I'd ever had through literature or film into the Muslim-American family. … The moral was that they are like people of any other faith, and I hope our film, if we can get it made, will also be like that." Demme, quoted in early 2011, expressed confidence that when the script is finished, he will be able to find financing, perhaps even from a major studio.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/movies/in-a-better-world-and-other-films-on-islam.html?hpw |title=Rohter, Larry, "Hollywood Ignores East-West Exchange" |date=March 18, 2011 |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=March 20, 2011 }}</ref> "It's a wonderful, gripping story," he said, "and we can have a very, very competitive commercial picture that won't cost an enormous amount," since animation provides an alternative to expensive re-creations of the hurricane. |
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On November 7, 2009, he was presented with the "Courage in Media" Award by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for his book ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.cair.com/losangeles/news/announcing_courage_in_media_award_recipient_author_activist_dave_eggers|title=Announcing 'Courage in Media' Award Recipient: Author & Activist Dave Eggers|date=October 30, 2009|publisher=CAIR California|access-date=November 7, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106162516/http://ca.cair.com/losangeles/news/announcing_courage_in_media_award_recipient_author_activist_dave_eggers|archive-date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> ''Zeitoun'' was optioned by [[Jonathan Demme]], who considered an animated film-rendition of the work. To Demme, it "felt like the first in-depth immersion I'd ever had through literature or film into the Muslim-American family. ... The moral was that they are like people of any other faith, and I hope our film, if we can get it made, will also be like that." Demme, quoted in early 2011, expressed confidence that when the script was finished, he would be able to find financing, perhaps even from a major studio.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/movies/in-a-better-world-and-other-films-on-islam.html?hpw|title=Rohter, Larry, "Hollywood Ignores East-West Exchange"|date=March 18, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref> However, in May 2014, ''[[Indiewire|The Playlist]]'' reported that the film was "percolat[ing] in development".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jagernauth|first1=Kevin|title=Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Adaptation Of Dave Eggers' 'You Shall Know Our Velocity' Directed By Peter Sollett|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/daniel-radcliffe-to-star-in-adaptation-of-dave-eggers-you-shall-know-our-velocity-directed-by-peter-sollett-20140516|work=Indiewire|access-date=March 22, 2016|date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> Demme died in April 2017, and the project has not been heard of since. |
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Eggers published his novel of the [[Great Recession]] and [[Late-2000s financial crisis|late 2000s financial crisis]], ''[[A Hologram for the King]]'', in July 2012. In October of that year, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book Award.<ref>http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2012.html#.UHWre_mlpRg</ref> Eggers followed this with 2013's ''The Circle'', which depicts the life of a young worker at a fictional San Francisco based technology company in the near future as she faces doubts about her vocation due to the company's seemingly well-intentioned innovations revealing a more sinister underlying agenda. A new novel, titled ''[[Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?]]'', was published in June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/246238/your-fathers-where-are-they-and-the-prophets-do-they-live-forever-by-dave-eggers|title=Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?|publisher=[[Random House]]|accessdate=July 10, 2014}}</ref> |
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In the early 2010s, after going six years without publishing substantive literary fiction following ''What is the What'', Eggers began a three-year streak of back-to-back novels, each broadly concerned with pressing social and political issues facing the United States and the wider world in the twenty-first century. Eggers published his novel of the [[Great Recession]] and the [[2007–2008 financial crisis]], ''[[A Hologram for the King]]'', in July 2012. In October of that year, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2012#.UHWre_mlpRg|title=2012 National Book Awards - National Book Foundation|website=Nationalbook.org|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |
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Eggers followed this with ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]'', released in October 2013, and depicting the life of a young worker at a fictional San Francisco-based technology company in the near future, as she faces doubts about her vocation, due to the company's seemingly well-intentioned innovations revealing a more sinister underlying agenda. Completing the productive spell, ''[[Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?]]'' was published in June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/246238/your-fathers-where-are-they-and-the-prophets-do-they-live-forever-by-dave-eggers|title=Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?|publisher=Random House|access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> In November 2015, ''Your Fathers, Where Are They ...'' was longlisted for the 2016 [[International Dublin Literary Award]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nominees/your-fathers-where-are-they-and-the-prophets-do-they-live-forever/|title=Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? - International Dublin Literary Award|publisher=Dublin Literary Award |access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> Eggers' fifth nomination for the award following earlier nominations for ''The Circle'', ''A Hologram for the King'', ''The Wild Things'', and ''What is the What''. |
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In April 2016, Eggers visited Israel, as part of a project by the "[[Breaking the Silence (organization)|Breaking the Silence]]" organization, to write an article for a book on the Israeli occupation, to mark the 50th anniversary of the [[Six-Day War]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Renowned Authors Learn About Occupation Firsthand in Breaking the Silence Tour |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2016-04-18/ty-article/u-s-literary-stars-go-on-breaking-the-silence-tour/0000017f-f0fd-dc28-a17f-fcffa9330000 |last1=Zeveloff |first1=Naomi |author2-link=The Forward |date=2016-04-18 |work=Haaretz |last2=The Forward}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Leading authors to write about visiting Israel and the occupied territories |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/22/leading-authors-to-write-about-visiting-israel-and-the-occupied-territories |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2016-02-17 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> The book was edited by [[Michael Chabon]] and [[Ayelet Waldman]] and published under the title "Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation" in June 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/kingdom-of-olives-and-ash-michael-chabonayelet-waldman?variant=32207717433378 |title=Kingdom of Olives and Ash Writers Confront the Occupation By Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman |access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref> |
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In July 2016, Eggers published ''[[Heroes of the Frontier]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/books/dave-eggers-journeys-into-alaska-in-heroes-of-the-frontier.html|title=Dave Eggers Journeys Into Alaska in 'Heroes of the Frontier'|date=April 5, 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Earlier the same year, a film adaptation of Eggers' earlier novel ''[[A Hologram for the King (film)|A Hologram for the King]]'' was released to mixed reviews and middling commercial performance. ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'', a film version of Eggers' book, starring Emma Watson, John Boyega, and Tom Hanks (who had starred in the ''Hologram for the King'' adaptation), was released in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/tom-hanks-emma-watson-the-circle-april-2017-release-date-1201833008/|title=Tom Hanks & Emma Watson Thriller 'The Circle' Sets Spring 2017 Release|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=October 7, 2016|website=Deadline.com|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> Eggers followed ''[[Heroes of the Frontier]]'' with ''The Monk of Mokha'' (2018), another nonfiction biography in a similar vein to ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'', billed by the publishers as "the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534987/the-monk-of-mokha-by-dave-eggers/9781101947319/|title=The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers - PenguinRandomHouse.com|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref> |
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Eggers ended the decade by publishing two very stylistically different novellas, written concurrently with each other. ''The Parade'', published by Knopf in March 2019, was a spare, minimalist novella reflecting Eggers' long-standing concerns with humanitarian issues, global development, and Western perceptions of the developing world. According to the advance blurb from the publisher, the novel concerns "two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/597561/the-parade-by-dave-eggers/9780525655305/|title=The Parade by Dave Eggers - PenguinRandomHouse.com|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref> Reviews were mixed: Positive notices included Andrew Motion's writing in ''The Guardian'' that "[Eggers'] novel may be sternly reduced in terms of its cast and language, but this leanness doesn't diminish the strength of its argument",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/27/the-parade-dave-eggers-review|title=The Parade by Dave Eggers review – a fable with a twist|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Andrew|last=Motion|date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> and Ron Charles in ''The Washington Post'' wrote that ''The Parade'' is "a story that conforms to the West's reductive attitudes about the developing world. Writers and politicians have long generalized about those individual cultures. A novel that lumps them together into a nameless, primitive nation only plays into that tendency."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/dave-eggerss-the-parade-is-a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-cynicism/2019/03/11/2da5975c-436f-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html|title= Dave Eggers's 'The Parade' is a heartbreaking work of staggering cynicism|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> ''The Parade'' was followed in November 2019 by another short novella, ''The Captain and the Glory'', billed by Eggers himself as an "allegorical satire"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ship-of-state-a-conversation-with-dave-eggers/|title=The Ship of State: A Conversation with Dave Eggers|date=November 22, 2019 |first=Tom|last=Lutz|work=Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref> of the Trump administration.<ref name="mcsweeneys.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interview-with-dave-eggers-about-his-new-novel-the-captain-and-the-glory|title=An Interview With Dave Eggers About His New Novel The Captain and the Glory|website=McSweeney's Internet Tendency|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref> In an interview with the publishers Knopf published on the McSweeney's website, Eggers described the novel as "an attempt to understand [[Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency|this era]] by painting it in the gaudy and garish colors it really deserves... This is part farce, part parable, and I do hope, though the Captain bears more than a passing resemblance to Trump, that the book will be readable when Trump is gone. That's part of the reason I called it 'An entertainment' on the title page. It's a nod to Graham Greene but also the way I hope people will read it. It was cathartic to write and I hope cathartic to read."<ref name="mcsweeneys.net"/> As with ''The Parade'', reviews were decidedly mixed, with much criticism noting that Eggers' satire struggled to keep up with or do justice to the events of the Trump era. In a review for the ''Financial Times'', Carl Wilkinson expressed bemusement about the purpose of the book and its intentions,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/985f171a-11e3-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/985f171a-11e3-11ea-a7e6-62bf4f9e548a |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Captain and the Glory by Dave Eggers — satire in the age of Trump|newspaper=Financial Times|date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> Hannah Barekat in ''The Spectator'' was critical of the "heavy handed" nature of the book's satire,<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Eggers's satire on Trump is somewhat heavy-handed: The Captain and the Glory reviewed|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/dave-eggers-s-satire-on-trump-is-somewhat-heavy-handed-the-captain-and-the-glory-reviewed|url-status=live|website=Spectator UK|date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729020507/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/dave-eggers-s-satire-on-trump-is-somewhat-heavy-handed-the-captain-and-the-glory-reviewed |archive-date=2020-07-29 }}</ref> and ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/05/the-captain-and-the-glory-dave-eggers-review|title=The Captain and the Glory by Dave Eggers review – overfamiliar comedy|first=Sandra|last=Newman|newspaper=The Guardian|date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> ''The Times Literary Supplement'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/clowns-2/|title = Clowns - in Brief Review - in Brief}}</ref> and ''Kirkus Reviews''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dave-eggers/the-captain-and-the-glory/|title=An ill-advised take on "The Emperor's New Clothes" that's limp when it isn't condescending|work=Kirkus|date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> also found the book wanting. |
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In 2021, his novella ''The Museum of Rain'' was published,<ref>{{cite book| title= The Museum of Rain: Amazon.co.uk: Eggers, Dave, Chang, Angel| id= {{ASIN|1952119359|country=uk}}}}</ref> and according to the McSweeney's website, the "elegiac" short story concerns "an American Army vet in his 70s who is asked to lead a group of young grand-nieces and grand-nephews on a walk through the hills of California's Central Coast. Walking toward a setting sun, their destination is a place called The Museum of Rain, which may or may not still exist, and whose origin and meaning are elusive to all."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/the-museum-of-rain|title=The Museum of Rain|publisher=The McSweeney's Store}}</ref> The novel ''[[The Every]]'' was released in October 2021. The novel is a follow-up to his 2013 novel ''The Circle''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/hh-bags-eggers-lacerating-novel-1238282|title=Hamish Hamilton bags 'lacerating' Eggers follow-up to The Circle|magazine=The Bookseller|first=Ruth|last=Comerford|date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> |
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===McSweeney's=== |
===McSweeney's=== |
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Eggers founded [[McSweeney's]], an independent publishing house, named for his mother's maiden name. The publishing house produces a quarterly literary journal, ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern]]'', first published in 1998; |
Eggers founded [[McSweeney's]], an independent publishing house, named for his mother's maiden name. The publishing house produces a quarterly literary journal, ''[[Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern]]'', first published in 1998; the monthly journal ''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]'', which debuted in 2003 and is edited by Eggers's wife Vendela Vida; and from 2005 to 2012, the quarterly DVD magazine ''[[Wholphin (DVD)|Wholphin]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentino, Travel |first=By Silas |date=December 12, 2022 |orig-date=December 12, 2022 |title=The Believer magazine returns to San Francisco, McSweeney's |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/believer-magazine-returns-to-san-francisco-17643890.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725094625/https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/believer-magazine-returns-to-san-francisco-17643890.php |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=The San Francisco Gate}}</ref> Other works include ''The Future Dictionary of America'', ''Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans'', and "Dr. and Mr. Haggis-On-Whey", the last being a series of children's books of [[literary nonsense]], which Eggers writes with his younger brother Toph Eggers under a pseudonym. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} |
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Ahead of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Eggers wrote an essay about the |
Ahead of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Eggers wrote an essay about the U.S. national team and soccer in the United States for ''The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup'', which contained essays about each competing team in the tournament and was published with aid from the journal ''Granta''. According to ''The San Francisco Chronicle'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/21/RVSI1C0TRJ.DTL&type=printable|title=Fresh Ink|website=Sfgate.com|access-date=2017-08-23|date=2010-02-21}}</ref> Eggers was rumored to be a possible candidate to be the new editor of ''The Paris Review'' before the Review selected [[Lorin Stein]]. |
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===Visual art work=== |
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[[File:Dave Eggers in San Mateo 10-1-08.JPG|thumb|Eggers in October 2008]] |
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While at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Eggers attended art classes. After the publication of ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'', he focused mainly on writing, but publicly returned to visual art in 2010, with a solo gallery show at Electric Works in [[San Francisco]], called "It Is Right to Draw Their Fur".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Electric Works: Current and Past Exhibitions|url=https://sfelectricworks.com/exhibitions|website=sfelectricworks.com|access-date=2015-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923163616/http://www.sfelectricworks.com/exhibitions/|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show featured many drawings of animals often paired with phrases, sometimes out of the Bible.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Dave Eggers: Insufferable Throne of God|url=http://www.nevadaart.org/exhibition/dave-eggers-insufferable-throne-of-god|website=nevadaart.org|access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref> In conjunction with that exhibition, McSweeney's published a catalog featuring 25 loose-leaf prints of the work featured in the show. In 2015, Eggers had his first solo museum exhibition at the [[Nevada Museum of Art]] called "The Insufferable Throne of God".<ref name=":0"/> Eggers is represented by Electric Works, a fine art gallery in San Francisco. |
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Outside of exhibitions, Eggers' visual art contributions include the following: |
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==826 National== |
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* Provided album art for Austin rock group Paul Banks & the Carousels' album ''Yelling at the Sun''. |
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In 2002, Eggers and educator [[Nínive Clements Calegari]] co-founded [[826 Valencia]], a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for kids ages 6–18 in San Francisco.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/08/02/MN49346.DTL "A heartwarming work of literary altruism"] San Francisco Chronicle, Accessed on 2009-04-07</ref> It has since grown into seven chapters across the United States: [[826LA|Los Angeles]], [[826NYC|New York City]], [[826 Seattle|Seattle]], [[826CHI|Chicago]], [[826 Michigan|Ann Arbor, Michigan]], [[826 National|Washington, D.C.]], and [[826 Boston|Boston]], all under the auspices of the nonprofit organization [[826 National]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.826national.org/chapters/|date=n.d.|accessdate=2007-02-20|title=826 Chapters|work=[[826 National]]}}</ref> In 2006, he appeared at a series of fund-raising events, dubbed the Revenge of the Book–Eaters tour, to support these programs. The Chicago show, at the [[Park West (music venue)|Park West theatre]], featured [[Death Cab for Cutie]] front man [[Ben Gibbard]]. Other performers on the tour included [[Sufjan Stevens]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Davy Rothbart]], and [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookeaters.org/|year=2006|accessdate=2007-02-20|title=Revenge of the Book–Eaters|work=Bookeaters.org}}</ref> In September 2007, the [[Heinz Foundations|Heinz Family Foundation]] awarded Eggers a $250,000 [[Heinz Award]] (given to recognize "extraordinary achievements by individuals") in the Arts and Humanities.<ref>[http://heinzawards.net/recipients/dave-eggers The Heinz Awards, Dave Eggers profile]</ref> In accordance with Eggers's wishes, the award money was given to [[826 National]] and [[The Teacher Salary Project]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,,2169276,00.html| title="We never feel any sort of ownership" by John Freeman| date = September 14, 2007| accessdate=2007-09-15| work=[[Guardian Unlimited]]| location=London}} An interview to Eggers</ref> In April 2010, under the umbrella of 826 National, Eggers launched [[ScholarMatch]], a nonprofit organization that connects donors with students to make college more affordable. |
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* Designed the artwork for [[Thrice]]'s album ''[[Vheissu]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Vheissu (liner notes)|publisher=Island Records|year=2005|title-link=Vheissu}}</ref> |
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===826 National=== |
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In 2002, Eggers and educator [[Nínive Clements Calegari]] co-founded [[826 Valencia]], a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for kids ages 6–18 in San Francisco.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/08/02/MN49346.DTL "A heartwarming work of literary altruism"], San Francisco Chronicle; accessed 2009-04-07</ref> It since developed into [[826 National]], and has six chapters across the United States: [[826LA|Los Angeles]]; [[826NYC|New York City]]; Chicago; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Washington, D.C.; and Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.826national.org/chapters|access-date=2007-02-20|title=826 Chapters|work=826 National}}</ref> |
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In 2006, he appeared at a series of fund-raising events, dubbed the Revenge of the Book–Eaters tour, to support these programs. The Chicago show, at the [[Park West (music venue)|Park West theatre]], featured [[Death Cab for Cutie]] front man [[Ben Gibbard]]. Other performers on the tour included [[Sufjan Stevens]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Davy Rothbart]], and [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookeaters.org|year=2006|access-date=2007-02-20|title=Revenge of the Book–Eaters|work=Bookeaters.org}}</ref> In September 2007, the [[Heinz Foundations|Heinz Family Foundation]] awarded Eggers a $250,000 [[Heinz Award]] (given to recognize "extraordinary achievements by individuals") in the Arts and Humanities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heinzawards.net/recipients/dave-eggers|title=The Heinz Awards :: Dave Eggers|website=Heinzawards.net|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> In accordance with Eggers's wishes, the award money was given to [[826 National]] and [[The Teacher Salary Project]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/interviews/story/0,,2169276,00.html|title="We never feel any sort of ownership" by John Freeman|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=2007-09-15|work=Guardian Unlimited|location=London, UK}} An interview to Eggers</ref> |
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In April 2010, under the umbrella of 826 National, Eggers launched [[ScholarMatch]], a nonprofit organization that connects donors with students to make college more affordable.<ref>{{cite web |title=About ScholarMatch |url=https://scholarmatch.org/about/ |website=ScholarMatch |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Jill |title=ScholarMatch.org offers aid to needy students |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/ScholarMatch-org-offers-aid-to-needy-students-3263469.php |access-date=26 August 2018 |work=SFGate |date=21 May 2010}}</ref> |
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==Controversy and activism== |
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Eggers book ''The Every'' was released in 2021, but he refused to sell the hardcover edition on Amazon, limiting the release to independent book stores only. Paperback editions of ''The Every'' have been available on Amazon since its release.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=2021-06-09 |title=You Won't Find the Hardcover of Dave Eggers's Next Novel on Amazon |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/books/dave-eggers-every-new-novel-amazon-independent-bookstores.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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In 2022, Eggers books were one of several titles banned in South Dakota schools because of sexual content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=High school book ban reveals hypocrisy, contradiction, culture of fear |url=https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/zero-emissions-book-bans-gop-film-reviews/circle-dave-eggers-rapid-city |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=KCRW |date=August 25, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Eggers went to South Dakota to speak to authorities and students and offered any students who wanted one of the banned books copies for free via his website.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Dave Eggers offers replacements for Rapid City School District's banned books |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2022/05/05/dave-eggers-the-circle-rapid-city-south-dakota-banned-books/9668805002/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Argus Leader |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In December 2022, Eggers travelled on behalf of [[PEN America]] to Kyiv, Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tolin |first=Lisa |date=2022-12-07 |title=PEN America delegation to Ukraine bears witness to bravery of writers and citizens |url=https://pen.org/pen-america-delegation-to-ukraine-bears-witness-to-bravery-of-writers-and-citizens/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=PEN America |language=en}}</ref> He published "The Profound Defiance of Daily Life in Kyiv" in ''The New Yorker'' based on his time in the war-torn country.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-01-06 |title=The Profound Defiance of Daily Life in Kyiv |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-profound-defiance-of-daily-life-in-kyiv |access-date=2023-02-12 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==Musical contributions== |
==Musical contributions== |
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* Eggers can be heard talking with [[Spike Jonze]] during "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton", the final track on [[Beck]]'s 2006 album ''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]''. The third section of the track features Eggers and Jonze responding to Beck's question, "What would the ultimate record that ever could possibly be made sound like?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1877277,00.html|date=September 21, 2006|access-date=2007-02-21|title="I'm always in danger of being dismissed as a clown" by Chris Salmon|work=Guardian Unlimited|location=London}}</ref> |
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* Eggers provided album art for Austin rock group, Paul Banks & The Carousels' album ''Yelling at the Sun''. |
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* Eggers contributed lyrics to the song "The Ghost of Rita Gonzolo" on [[One Ring Zero]]'s album ''As Smart as We Are'' (2004).<ref name="The Author Project">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneringzero.com/?page_id=37 | title=As Smart As We Are (The Author Project) | publisher=One Ring Zero | access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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* Eggers designed the artwork for [[Thrice]]'s album ''[[Vheissu]].''<ref>{{Cite journal |
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== Personal life == |
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Eggers was the primary guardian of his youngest brother Toph Eggers. The two later co-authored children's books together.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-05-01 |title=Eggers Together: The First-Ever Joint Interview with Dave and Toph Eggers |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/dave-eggers/eggers-together-the-first-ever-joint-interview-wit/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=pastemagazine.com |language=en}}</ref> Eggers lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he is married to [[Vendela Vida]], also a writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/27/DD126631.DTL|date=August 27, 2003|access-date=2007-02-22|title=Vendela Vida floats amid S.F. literati but keeps feet, attitude firmly planted|author=Joshunda Sanders|work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Englander|first=Nathan|date=2013-06-15|title=Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dave-eggers-vendela-vida-|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615073455/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dave-eggers-vendela-vida-|archive-date=2013-06-15|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Interview Magazine}}</ref> The couple have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/living-0/117074735842110.xml&coll=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317191621/http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fliving-0%2F117074735842110.xml&coll=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2007|date=February 6, 2007|access-date=2007-02-22|title="Different worlds: The many lives — novelist, social activist, literary innovator, teacher — of Dave Eggers" by Susan Larson|work=The Times-Picayune}}</ref> Vida and Eggers met in 1998 in San Francisco at a wedding; the couple started dating in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crown|first=Sarah|date=2011-07-08|title=A life in writing: Vendela Vida|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jul/08/vendela-vida-interview-life-writing|access-date=2021-12-17|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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He was one of three 2008 [[TED (conference)|TED]] Prize recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/announcing_2008.php|date=2007-11-21|title=TED Blog: Announcing 2008 TED Prize Winners|website=Blog.ted.com|access-date=2017-08-23|archive-date=December 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223041906/http://blog.ted.com/2007/11/announcing_2008.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> His TED Prize wish was for helping community members to personally engage with local public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/233|title=Talks Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School|date=2008-03-19|format=video|work=TED Conference Website|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedprize.org/?page_id=7|title=TEDPrize 2008 Winner: Dave Eggers|access-date=2008-03-19|work=TED Prize Website}}</ref> The same year, he was named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" by ''[[Utne Reader]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utne.com/2008-11-13/50-Visionaries-Who-Are-Changing-Your-World.aspx|title=50 Visionaries who are changing your world|website=Utne Reader|date=October 13, 2008 |access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |
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* Eggers can be heard talking with [[Spike Jonze]] during "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton", the final track on [[Beck]]'s 2006 album ''[[The Information]].'' The third section of the track features Eggers and Jonze responding to Beck's question, "What would the ultimate record that ever could possibly be made sound like?"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1877277,00.html|date=September 21, 2006|accessdate=2007-02-21|title="I'm always in danger of being dismissed as a clown" by Chris Salmon|work=[[Guardian Unlimited]]|location=London}}</ref> |
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* Eggers contributed [[lyrics]] to the song, "The Ghost of Rita Gonzolo", on [[One Ring Zero]]'s album ''As Smart as We Are'' (2004). |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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* 2000 Time Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
* 2000 ''Time'' Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2000 Washington Post Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
* 2000 ''Washington Post'' Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2000 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
* 2000 ''San Francisco Chronicle'' Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2000 Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
* 2000 ''Los Angeles Times'' Best Book of the Year, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2000 ''The New York Times Book Review'' Editors' Choice, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction]] finalist, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
* 2001 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction]] finalist, ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'' |
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* 2001 Addison Metcalfe Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) |
* 2001 Addison Metcalfe Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) |
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* 2003 Independent Book Award, ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' |
* 2003 Independent Book Award, ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' |
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* 2005 Named one of |
* 2005 Named one of ''Time'' magazine's [[Time 100|100 Most Influential People]] |
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* 2005 Honorary Doctor of Letters from Brown University. He delivered the baccalaureate address at the school in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/05/eggers|title=Dave Eggers to deliver Brown University commencement address|date=May 19, 2008|access-date=December 4, 2009}}</ref> |
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* 2006 [[Salon Book Award]] for ''What is the What'' |
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* 2006 [[Salon Book Award|''Salon'' Book Award]] for ''What Is the What'' |
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* 2007 |
* 2007 The 13th Annual [[Heinz Award]] (Arts and Humanities) |
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* 2007 [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] (Fiction) finalist, ''What Is the What'' |
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* 2008 [[TED Prize]] |
* 2008 [[TED Prize]] |
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* 2008 [[ |
* 2008 [[International Dublin Literary Award]] longlist, ''What Is the What'' |
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* 2009 [[Literarian Award]] of the [[National Book Award]] |
* 2009 [[Literarian Award]] of the [[National Book Award]] |
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* 2009 [[Prix Médicis]] award, ''What |
* 2009 [[Prix Médicis]] award, ''What Is the What'' |
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* 2009 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize]] (Current Interest), ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'' |
* 2009 [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize]] (Current Interest), ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'' |
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* 2009 |
* 2009 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize (Innovator's Award) |
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* 2009 Entertainment Weekly "End-of-the-Decade" Best of list, '' |
* 2009 ''Entertainment Weekly'' "End-of-the-Decade" Best of list, ''Zeitoun'' |
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* 2010 [[American Book Award]], '' |
* 2010 [[American Book Award]], ''Zeitoun'' |
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* 2010 Northern California Book Award (Creative Nonfiction) nomination, '' |
* 2010 Northern California Book Award (Creative Nonfiction) nomination, ''Zeitoun'' |
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* 2010 [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]], '' |
* 2010 [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]], ''Zeitoun'' |
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* 2011 [[ |
* 2011 [[International Dublin Literary Award]] longlist, ''The Wild Things'' |
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* 2012 [[National Book Award]] (Fiction) finalist |
* 2012 [[National Book Award]] (Fiction) finalist ''[[A Hologram for the King]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/10/in-the-bookroom/national-book-award-finalists-announced-today|title=National Book Award Finalists Announced Today|work=Library Journal|date=October 10, 2012|access-date=November 15, 2012|archive-date=December 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206014159/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/10/in-the-bookroom/national-book-award-finalists-announced-today/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2012 ''A Hologram for the King'' named in the 10 Best Books of 2012 list by editors of ''The New York Times Book Review''<ref>{{cite news| |
* 2012 ''A Hologram for the King'' named in the 10 Best Books of 2012 list by editors of ''The New York Times Book Review''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/books/review/10-best-books-of-2012.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|title=10 Best Books of 2012|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |
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* 2012 ''A Hologram for the King'' included in |
* 2012 ''A Hologram for the King'' included in ''Publishers Weekly'' Best Books of 2012 list<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2012/fiction#book/book-16|title=Best Books of 2012 - Publishers Weekly|website=Publishersweekly.com|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |
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* 2012 [[Commonwealth Club of California|Commonwealth Club]] Inforum's 21st Century Award |
* 2012 [[Commonwealth Club of California|Commonwealth Club]] Inforum's 21st Century Award |
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* 2012 [[Hollywood.com]] Best Books of 2012 list, ''A Hologram for the King'' |
* 2012 [[Hollywood.com]] Best Books of 2012 list, ''A Hologram for the King'' |
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* 2012 [[Albatros Literaturpreis]] for '' |
* 2012 [[Albatros Literaturpreis]] for ''Zeitoun'', co-won with German translators Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann.<ref>[http://www.weser-kurier.de/Artikel/News/Kultur/Nachrichten/570743/Wegen-Grass%3A-US-Autor-bleibt-Preisverleihung-fern.html Wegen Grass: US-Autor bleibt Preisverleihung fern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414103941/http://www.weser-kurier.de/Artikel/News/Kultur/Nachrichten/570743/Wegen-Grass%3A-US-Autor-bleibt-Preisverleihung-fern.html |date=April 14, 2012 }}, weser-kurier.de, 13 April 2012; accessed August 23, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/suche/index.html?suchbegriff=Dave+Eggers|title=Suche |website=Der Spiegel |access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> |
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* 2012 |
* 2012 ''The New York Times'' 100 Notable Books of 2012 List (Fiction & Poetry), ''A Hologram for the King'' |
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* 2012 |
* 2012 ''The New York Times'' 10 Best Books of 2012 list (Fiction, chosen by the editors of ''The New York Times Book Review''), ''A Hologram for the King'' |
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* 2012 PEN Center USA Award of Honor 2012 |
* 2012 PEN Center USA Award of Honor 2012 |
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* 2013 Eggers was the 2013 recipient of '' |
* 2013 Eggers was the 2013 recipient of ''Smithsonian'' magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Social Progress category |
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* 2013 California Book Award (Fiction)finalist, ''A Hologram for the King''<ref>http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/special-events/california-book-awards</ref> |
* 2013 California Book Award (Fiction) finalist, ''A Hologram for the King''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/special-events/california-book-awards|title=California Book Awards - Commonwealth Club|website=Commonwealthclub.org|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref> |
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* 2014 [[ |
* 2014 [[International Dublin Literary Award]] longlist, ''A Hologram for the King'' |
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* 2015 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, ''The Circle'' |
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* 2015 Inducted into the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] |
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* 2018 International Dublin Literary Award shortlist, ''Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?'' |
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* 2024 [[Newbery Medal]], ''The Eyes and the Impossible''<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Roback |first1=Diane |last2=Kantor |first2=Emma |last3=Jones {{!}} |first3=Iyana |title=Eggers, Harrison, King Win 2024 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94147-eggers-harrison-king-win-2024-newbery-caldecott-printz-awards.html |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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{{Incomplete list|date=April 2022}} |
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=== Novels === |
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* ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity]]'', or ''You Shall Know Our Velocity!'' (2002) |
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* ''[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity#Different editions|Sacrament]]'' (2003), revised and expanded version of ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' |
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* ''Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers'' (co-authored with Daniel Moulthrop and [[Nínive Clements Calegari]]) (2005) |
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* ''The Unforbidden is Compulsory; or, Optimism'' (2004) (Novella) |
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* ''Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated'' (co-compiled with Lola Vollen; with an introduction by [[Scott Turow]]) (2005) |
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* ''[[What Is the What|What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[The Wild Things]]'' (2009), novelization of the film ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' |
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* ''[[Visitants]]'' (2015) |
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===Fiction=== |
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* ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity]]'' (novel) (2002) |
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* ''[[You Shall Know Our Velocity|Sacrament]]'' (revised and expanded version of ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'') (2003) |
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* ''The Unforbidden is Compulsory; or, Optimism'' (novella) (2004) |
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* ''[[How We Are Hungry]]'' (short stories) (2004) |
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* ''Short Short Stories'' (short stories, part of the Pocket Penguin series) (2005) |
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* ''[[What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng]]'' (novel) (2006) |
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* ''How the Water Feels to the Fishes'' (short stories; part of ''One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box'') (2007) |
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* ''[[The Wild Things]]'' – novel inspired by ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[A Hologram for the King]]'' (2012) |
* ''[[A Hologram for the King]]'' (2012) |
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* ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]'' (2013) |
* ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?]]'' (2014) |
* ''[[Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[Heroes of the Frontier]]'' (2016) |
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* ''The Parade'' (2019) |
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* ''The Captain and the Glory'' (2019) |
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* ''[[The Every]]'' (2021) |
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=== Short stories === |
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* ''Giraffes? Giraffes!'' (as Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey, co-authored with Christopher Eggers) (2003) |
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* ''Your Disgusting Head'' (as Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey, co-authored with Christopher Eggers) (2004) |
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* ''Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid'' (as Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey, co-authored with Christopher Eggers) (2006) |
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* ''Cold Fusion'' (as Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey, co-authored with Christopher Eggers) (2009) |
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Collections: |
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===Screenplays=== |
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* ''Jokes Told in Heaven About Babies'' (2003), as Lucy Thomas, collection |
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* ''[[Away We Go (film)|Away We Go]]'', with wife [[Vendela Vida]] (2009) |
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* ''[[How We Are Hungry]]'' (2004), collection of 15 short stories: |
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* ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'', with director [[Spike Jonze]] (2009) |
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*: "Another", "What It Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him from His Vehicle and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust", "The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water", "On Wanting to Have Three Walls up Before She Gets Home", "Climbing to the Window, Pretending to Dance", "She Waits, Seething, Blooming", "Quiet", "Your Mother and I", "Naveed", "Notes for a Story of a Man Who Will Not Die Alone", "About the Man Who Began Flying After Meeting Her", "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly", "There Are Some Things He Should Keep to Himself", "When They Learned to Yelp", "After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned" |
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* ''[[Promised Land (2012 film)|Promised Land]]'', screenplay by [[Matt Damon]] and [[John Krasinski]], story by Dave Eggers (2012)<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091473/fullcredits#writers</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gerhardt|first=Tina|date=December 31, 2012|title=Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in Promised Land|url=http://www.progressive.org/matt-damon-exposes-fracking-in-promised-land|work=[[The Progressive]]}}</ref> |
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* ''Short Short Stories'' (2005), part of the ''Pocket Penguins'' series, collection of 24 short stories: |
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*: "You Know How to Spell Elijah", "This Certain Song", "What the Water Feels Like to the Fishes", "The Weird Wife", "This Flight Attendant (Gary, Is It?) Is On Fire!", "True Story - 1986 - Midwest - USA - Tuesday", "It is Finally Time to Tell the Story", "A Circle Like Some Circles", "On Making Someone a Good Man By Calling Him a Good Man", "The Definition of Reg", "How Long It Took", "She Needed More Nuance", "The Heat and Eduardo, Part I", "Of Gretchen and de Gaulle", "The Heat and Eduardo, Part II", "Sleep to Dreamier Sleep Be Wed", "On Seeing Bob Balaban in Person Twice in One Week", "When He Started Saying 'I Appreciate It' After 'Thank You'", "You'll Have to Save That For Another Time", "Woman, Foghorn", "How Do Koreans Feel About the Germans?", "Georgia is Lost", "They Decide To Have No More Death", "Roderick Hopes" |
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* ''How the Water Feels to the Fishes'' (2007), part of ''One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box'', collection of 31 short stories: |
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*: "Once a year", "Accident", "Old enough", "She needs a new journal", "Sooner", "The commercials of Norway", "Lily", "The boy they didn't take pictures of", "The fights not fought", "The horror", "How the water feels to the fishes", "How to do it", "Go-getters", "Deeper", "The battle between", "There are different kinds", "Alberto", "You still know that boy", "No safe harbor", "The bounty", "On making him a good man calling him a good man", "Thoughtful that way", "We can work it out", "No one knows", "The island from the window", "The anger of the horses", "California moved west", "How the air feels to the birds", "The man who", "Older than", "Steve again" |
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===Other=== |
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* ''Jokes Told in Heaven About Babies'' (as Lucy Thomas) (2003) |
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* [[Salon.com]] serials: "The Unforbidden Is Compulsory Or, Optimism", "The Fishmonger Returns", and "New Hampshire Is for Lovers" (2004) |
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The Forgetters Series: |
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===As editor or contributor (non-McSweeney's publications)=== |
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Standalone short story/novella portions of a potential novel. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/dave-eggers-s-the-forgetters-subscription?taxon_id=1 | title=Dave Eggers's the Forgetters Subscription }}</ref> |
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* ''[[Speaking with the Angel]]: Original Stories'', edited by [[Nick Hornby]] (contributor) (2000) |
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* ''When Penguins Attack'', by [[Tom Tomorrow]] (introduction) (2000) |
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* ''The Onion Ad Nauseam: The Complete News Archives, Volume 13'' (introduction) (2002) |
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* ''The O. Henry Prize Stories 2002'' (selected by, with [[Joyce Carol Oates]] and [[Colson Whitehead]]) (2002) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002'' (editor, with Michael Cart) (2002) |
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* ''[[The Tenants of Moonbloom]]'', by [[Edward Lewis Wallant]] (reissue of Wallant's 1963 novel with introduction) (2003) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003'' (editor; introduction by [[Zadie Smith]]) (2003) |
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* ''Happy Baby'' by Stephen Elliott (editor; designed by McSweeney's and published and distributed by MacAdam/Cage) (2004) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004'' (editor; introduction by [[Viggo Mortensen]]) (2004) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005'' (editor; introduction by [[Beck]]) (2005) |
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* [[Penguin Books|Penguin Classics]] edition of ''[[Forty Stories]]'' by [[Donald Barthelme]] (introduction) (2005) |
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* ''The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup'', edited by Matt Weiland and [[Sean Wilsey]] (contributor) (2006) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006'' (editor; introduction by [[Matt Groening]]) (2006) |
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* ''[[Infinite Jest]]'', by [[David Foster Wallace]] (introduction to 10th anniversary edition) (2006) |
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* ''John Currin'' (contributor; additional text by [[John Currin]], Norman Bryson, and Alison Gingeras) (2006) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007'' (editor; introduction by [[Sufjan Stevens]]) (2007) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008'' (editor; introduction by [[Judy Blume]]) (2008) |
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* ''[[Found Magazine|FOUND]]: Requiem for a Paper Bag'' (essay contributor) (2009) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009'' (editor; introduction by [[Marjane Satrapi]]) (2009) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010'' (editor; introduction by [[David Sedaris]]) (2010) |
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* ''The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011'' (editor; introduction by [[Guillermo Del Toro]]) (2011) |
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* "The Museum of Rain" (2021) |
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==Criticism and Interpretation== |
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* "The Honor of Your Presence" (2023) |
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* Boxall, Peter. ''Twenty-First-Century Fiction: A Critical Introduction''. Cambridge University Press, 2013. [contains extensive discussion of ''What is the What''] |
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* "The Keeper of the Ornaments" (2024) |
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* D'Amore, Jonathan. ''American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative: Mailer, Wideman, Eggers''. American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. [joint study on works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Eggers; contains extensive discussion of ''...Staggering Genius'' and "Mistakes We Knew We Were Making"; also contains discussion of ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' and ''What is the What''] |
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* "The Comebacker" (2024) |
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* den Dulk, Allard. ''Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer''. Bloomsbury, 2014. [joint study on the works of Eggers, David Foster Wallace, and Jonathan Safran Foer; contains extensive discussion of ''...Staggering Genius'', ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' and ''The Circle''] |
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* "Where the Candles Are Kept" (2024) |
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* Galow, Timothy W. ''Understanding Dave Eggers''. Understanding Contemporary American Literature. University of South Carolina Press. 2014. |
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* "The Lighted Boat Parade" (2024) |
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* Giles, Paul. ''The Global Remapping of American Literature''. Princeton University Press, 2011 [contains discussion of ''...Staggering Genius'' and ''What is the What''] |
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* Grassian, Daniel. ''Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X''. McFarland & Co Inc, 2003 [contains discussion of ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''] |
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* Hamilton, Caroline D. ''One Man Zeitgeist: Dave Eggers, Publishing and Publicity''. Bloomsbury, 2012. |
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Uncollected short stories: |
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* Holland, Mark K. ''Succeeding Postmodernism: Language and Humanism in Contemporary American Literature''. Bloomsbury, 2013. [contains discussion of ''...Staggering Genius''] |
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* "The Man At The River" (2013) |
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* Timmer, Nicoline. ''Do You Feel it To? The Post-Postmodern Syndrome in American Fiction at the Turn of the Millennium''. Postmodern Studies#44. Series Eds. Theo D'haen and Hans Bertens. Rodopi, 2010. [contains extensive discussion of ...Staggering Genius] |
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* "We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better" (2013) |
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* Varvogli, Aliki. ''Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction''. Routledge Transnational Perspective on American Literature. Series Ed. Susan Castillo. Routledge, 2012. [Contains extensive discussion of ''What is the What'' and ''You Shall Know Our Velocity''] |
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* "The Alaska of Giants and Gods" (2014) |
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* "Understanding the Sky" (2015) |
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=== Children's books === |
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''The Haggis-on-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance'' series (as "Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey", with Christopher Eggers, picture books): |
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# ''Giraffes? Giraffes!'' (2003) |
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# ''Your Disgusting Head'' (2004) |
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# ''Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid'' (2006) |
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# ''Cold Fusion'' (2008) |
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# ''Children and the Tundra'' (2010) |
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Stand-alones: |
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* ''When Marlana Pulled a Thread'' (2011), picture book |
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* ''The Bridge Will Not Be Gray'' (2015), with illustrations by [[Tucker Nichols]], picture book |
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* ''Her Right Foot'' (2017), with illustrations by [[Shawn Harris]], picture book |
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* ''The Lifters'' (2018) |
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* ''What Can a Citizen Do?'' (2018), with illustrations by Shawn Harris, picture book |
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* ''Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up'' (2019), with illustrations by Laura Park, picture book |
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* ''Most of the Better Natural Things in the World'' (2019), with illustrations by Angel Chang, picture book |
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* ''Tomorrow Most Likely'' (2019), with illustrations by [[Lane Smith (illustrator)|Lane Smith]], picture book |
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* ''Faraway Things'' (2021), with illustrations by [[Kelly Murphy]], picture book<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faraway Things + Interview with Dave Eggers|url=https://www.averyandaugustine.com/blog/2021/8/5/faraway-things-interview/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=www.averyandaugustine.com|date=August 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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* ''[[We Became Jaguars]]'' (2021), with illustrations by Woodrow White |
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* ''[[The Eyes and the Impossible]]'' (2023), with illustrations by Shawn Harris |
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* ''[[Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion]]'' (2023), with illustrations by Júlia Sardà |
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* ''[[Soren's Seventh Song]]'' (2024), with illustrations by Mark Hoffmann |
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=== Non-fiction === |
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* ''[[Teacher Salary Project#Teachers Have It Easy|Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers]]'' (2005), with Daniel Moulthrop and [[Nínive Clements Calegari]], sociology |
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* ''[[Zeitoun (book)|Zeitoun]]'' (2009), biography |
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* ''It Is Right to Draw Their Fur: Animal Renderings'' (2010), drawings |
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* ''Visitants'' (2013), travels |
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* {{cite book <!--|author=Eggers, Dave |author-mask=1--> |title=The Voice of Witness reader : ten years of amplifying unheard voices |location= |publisher= |year=2015 <!--|isbn=-->}} |
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* {{cite journal <!--|author=Eggers, Dave |author-mask=1--> |date=July 20, 2015 |title=The Actual Hollister: A California Town and Its Name |department=Personal History |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=20 |pages=30–37 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-actual-hollister <!--|access-date=2022-04-19-->}} |
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* ''Ungrateful Mammals'' (2017), drawings |
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* ''The Monk of Mokha'' (2018), biography |
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* ''Phoenix'' (2019), politics |
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;Memoirs |
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* {{cite book <!--|author=Eggers, Dave--> |title=[[A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]] |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2000 <!--|isbn=0684863472-->}} |
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=== Works edited and prefaced === |
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* ''[[Drama in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man]]'' ({{ISBN|0972178902}}) (Eggers wrote the foreword) (2002) |
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* ''Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated'' (co-compiled with Lola Vollen; with an introduction by [[Scott Turow]]) (2005) |
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* ''Stories Upon Stories'' (2016), anthology of short stories, editor and contributor |
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* ''Some Recollections from a Busy Life: The Forgotten Story of the Real Town of Hollister, California'' by T.S. Hawkins (2016) (Eggers provides the introduction to a reprint of an autobiography by his great, great grandfather originally published in 1913) |
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== Filmography == |
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* ''[[Away We Go (film)|Away We Go]]'' (2009), screenplay co-written with [[Vendela Vida]] |
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* ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009), screenplay co-written with director [[Spike Jonze]] |
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* ''[[Promised Land (2012 film)|Promised Land]]'' (2012), screenplay by [[Matt Damon]] and [[John Krasinski]], story by Dave Eggers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091473/fullcredits#writers|title=Promised Land|date=January 4, 2013|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2017-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gerhardt|first=Tina|date=December 31, 2012|title=Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in Promised Land|url=http://www.progressive.org/matt-damon-exposes-fracking-in-promised-land|work=[[The Progressive]]}}</ref> |
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* ''[[A Hologram for the King (film)|A Hologram for the King]]'' (2016), film directed by [[Tom Tykwer]], based on novel ''[[A Hologram for the King]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=McGrath|first=Charles|date=2016-04-15|title='A Hologram for the King' Finds Tom Hanks in the Desert, Desperate to Sell Phantoms|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/movies/a-hologram-for-the-king-finds-tom-hanks-in-the-desert-desperate-to-sell-phantoms.html|access-date=2021-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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* ''Your Mother and I'' (2016), short directed by Anna Maguire, based on Eggers’ short story "Your Mother and I" |
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* ''[[The Circle (2017 film)|The Circle]]'' (2017), screenplay co-written with director [[James Ponsoldt]] and based on Eggers’ novel ''[[The Circle (Eggers novel)|The Circle]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kenny|first=Glenn|date=2017-04-27|title=Review: In 'The Circle,' Click Here if You Think You're Being Watched|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/movies/the-circle-review-emma-watson-tom-hanks.html|access-date=2021-12-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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* Altes, Liesbeth Korthals (2008) "Sincerity, Reliability, and Other Ironies — Notes on Dave Eggers' ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''" in ''Narrative Unreliability in the Twentieth-Century First-Person Novel'' (eds. Elke D'hoker and Gunther Martens). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. |
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* Boxall, Peter. ''Twenty-First-Century Fiction: A Critical Introduction''. Cambridge University Press, 2013. [contains discussion of ''What is the What''] |
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* D'Amore, Jonathan. ''American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative: Mailer, Wideman, Eggers''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. [joint study on works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Eggers; contains discussion of ''... Staggering Genius'', "Mistakes We Knew We Were Making", ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'', and ''What is the What''] |
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* den Dulk, Allard. ''Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer''. Bloomsbury, 2014. [joint study on the works of Eggers, David Foster Wallace, and Jonathan Safran Foer; contains discussion of ''... Staggering Genius'', ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' and ''The Circle''] |
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* Funk, Wolfgang. ''The Literature of Reconstruction: American Literature in the New Millennium''. Bloomsbury. 2015 [contains a chapter on 'reconstructing the author' in ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''] |
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* Galow, Timothy W. ''Understanding Dave Eggers''. University of South Carolina Press. 2014. |
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* Giles, Paul. ''The Global Remapping of American Literature''. Princeton University Press, 2011 [contains discussion of ''... Staggering Genius'' and ''What is the What''] |
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* Grassian, Daniel. ''Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X''. McFarland, 2003 [contains discussion of ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''] |
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* Hamilton, Caroline D. "Blank Looks: Reality TV and Memoir in ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''. ''Australasian Journal of American Studies'', vol.28, no.2. (December 2009), pp.31-46 |
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* Hamilton, Caroline D. ''One Man Zeitgeist: Dave Eggers, Publishing and Publicity''. Bloomsbury, 2012. |
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* Holland, Mark K. ''Succeeding Postmodernism: Language and Humanism in Contemporary American Literature''. Bloomsbury, 2013. [contains discussion of ''... Staggering Genius''] |
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* Jensen, Mikkel (2014) "A Note on a Title: ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''" in ''The Explicator''. Volume 72, Issue 2.[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00144940.2014.905434#.U4dk7_mqkms] |
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* Mosseau, Robert. "Connecting Travel Writing, Bildungsroman, and Therapeutic Culture in Dave Eggers's Literature" in Lanzendorfer, Tim [ed.] ''The Poetics of Genre in the Contemporary Novel''. Lexington Books, 2015. [contains discussion of ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' and ''A Hologram for the King''] |
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* Nicol, Bran (2006) "'The Memoir as Self-Destruction': Dave Eggers's ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''" in ''Modern Confessional Writing'' (ed. Jo Gill). New York: Routledge. |
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* Peek, Michelle. "Humanitarian Narrative and Posthumanist Critique: Dave Eggers's ''What is the What''. ''Biography''. 35.1 (Winter, 2012), pp.115-136. |
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* Pignagnoli, Virginia. "Sincerity, Sharing, and Authorial Discourses on the Fiction/Nonfiction Distinction: The Case of Dave Eggers's ''You Shall Know Our Velocity''" in Lanzendorfer, Tim [ed.] ''The Poetics of Genre in the Contemporary Novel''. Lexington Books, 2015. [contains discussion of ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' and ''The Circle''] |
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*Sommerfeld, Stephanie. "Nature Revisited: Postironic Sublimity in Dave Eggers" in Pierce, Gillian B. [ed.] ''The Sublime Today: Contemporary Readings in the Aesthetic''. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. 67-101. |
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* Timmer, Nicoline. ''Do You Feel it Too? The Post-Postmodern Syndrome in American Fiction at the Turn of the Millennium''. Rodopi, 2010. [contains discussion of ... ''Staggering Genius''] |
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* Varvogli, Aliki. ''Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction''. Routledge, 2012. [Contains discussion of ''What Is the What'' and ''You Shall Know Our Velocity''] |
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* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/eggers/eggers.html Author page on the McSweeney's website] (features a detailed bibliography) |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050423211156/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/eggers/eggers.html Author page on the McSweeney's website] (features a detailed bibliography) |
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* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw070201dave_eggers/ Radio Interview on Bookworm, February 1, 2007] |
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* [http://www.publicschoolinsights.org/?storyId=20283 Interview about 826 National on Public School Insights, Posted May 20, 2008] |
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** [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/233 TED Prize Wish: Dave Eggers makes his TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School] (TED2008) |
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* [http://www.theteachersalaryproject.org/ The Teacher Salary Project] |
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* Bookworm Interviews (Audio) with [[Michael Silverblatt]]: [http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/dave-eggers/ June 2000], [http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/dave-eggers-1/ September 2002], [http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/dave-eggers-2/ February 2005], [http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/dave-eggers-3/ February 2007], [http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/dave-eggers-a-hologram-for-the-king/ July 2012] |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | March 12, 1970
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Education | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Period | 1993–present |
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Children | 2 |
Relatives | William D. Eggers (brother) Constance Demby (aunt) |
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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, co-founder of The Hawkins Project, and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness; and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines, including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
Early life and education
[edit]Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of four siblings. His father, John K. Eggers (1936–1991), was an attorney, while his mother, Heidi McSweeney Eggers (1940–1992), was a school teacher. His father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic. As a child, the family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he attended public high school and was a classmate of actor Vince Vaughn. Eggers's elder brother William D. Eggers is a researcher who has worked for several conservative think tanks, doing research promoting privatization.[1] Eggers's sister Beth died by suicide in November 2001.[2] Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for McSweeney's.[3]
Eggers attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, intending to obtain a degree in journalism.[4] However, his studies were interrupted by the deaths of both of his parents: his father in 1991 from brain and lung cancer, and his mother in January 1992 from stomach cancer.[5] These events were chronicled in his first book, the fictionalized A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. At the time, Eggers was age 21, and his youngest sibling, Christopher ("Toph"), was 8 years old. The two elder siblings, William and Beth, were unable to commit to caring for Toph; his eldest sibling, William, had a full-time job and his next-eldest sibling, Beth, was enrolled in law school. As a result, Eggers took responsibility. He left the University of Illinois and moved to Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend Kirsten and his brother. They initially moved in with Eggers' sibling, Beth, and her roommate, but eventually found a place in another part of town, which they paid for with money left to them by their parents. Toph attended a small private school, and Eggers did temp work and freelance graphic design for a local newspaper.
Eventually, with his friend David Moodie, Eggers took over a local free newspaper called Cups. This gradually evolved into the satirical magazine Might.[6]
Career
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Eggers began writing as a Salon.com editor and founded Might magazine in San Francisco in 1994 with David Moodie and Marny Requa, while also writing a comic strip called Smarter Feller (originally Swell) for SF Weekly.[7]
Might evolved out of the small San Francisco-based independent paper Cups, and gathered a loyal following with its irreverent humor and quirky approach to the issues and personalities of the day.[6] An article purporting to be an obituary of former 1980s child star Adam Rich (originally intended to be Back to the Future star Crispin Glover until Glover backed out) garnered some national attention.[8] The magazine regularly included humour pieces, and a number of essays and non-fiction pieces by seminal writers of the 1990s, including "Impediments to Passion", an essay on sex in the AIDS era by David Foster Wallace.
As Eggers later recounted in his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius that the magazine consistently struggled to make a profit, and it stopped publication in 1997. An anthology of the best of Might magazine's brief run, 'Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp' and Other Essays from Might Magazine, was published in late 1998. By this time, Eggers was freelancing for Esquire and continuing to work for Salon.[citation needed]
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, published in 2000, Eggers' first book, is a memoir with fictional elements, and it focuses on his struggle to raise his younger brother in the San Francisco Bay Area following the deaths of both of their parents. The book quickly became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The memoir was praised for its originality, idiosyncratic self-referencing, and for several innovative stylistic elements.[9] Early printings of the 2001 trade-paperback edition were published with a lengthy postscript entitled, Mistakes We Knew We Were Making.[citation needed]
In 2002, Eggers published his first novel You Shall Know Our Velocity, a story about a frustrating attempt to give away money to deserving people while haphazardly traveling the globe. An expanded and revised version was released as Sacrament in 2003. A version without the new material in Sacrament was created and retitled You Shall Know Our Velocity! for a Vintage imprint distribution. He has since published How We Are Hungry, a collection of short stories, and three politically themed serials for Salon.[10]
In November 2005, Eggers published Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated, a book of interviews with former prisoners sentenced to death and later exonerated. The book was compiled with Lola Vollen, a specialist in the aftermath of major human rights abuses and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley's Institute of International Studies.[11]
Eggers' 2006 novel What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.[12] Eggers also edits the Best American Nonrequired Reading series, an annual anthology of short stories, essays, journalism, satire, and alternative comics.[13]
Eggers was one of the original contributors to ESPN The Magazine and helped create its section "The Jump". He also acted as the first, anonymous "Answer Guy", a column that continued to run after he stopped working for the publication.[14]
On November 7, 2009, he was presented with the "Courage in Media" Award by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for his book Zeitoun.[15] Zeitoun was optioned by Jonathan Demme, who considered an animated film-rendition of the work. To Demme, it "felt like the first in-depth immersion I'd ever had through literature or film into the Muslim-American family. ... The moral was that they are like people of any other faith, and I hope our film, if we can get it made, will also be like that." Demme, quoted in early 2011, expressed confidence that when the script was finished, he would be able to find financing, perhaps even from a major studio.[16] However, in May 2014, The Playlist reported that the film was "percolat[ing] in development".[17] Demme died in April 2017, and the project has not been heard of since.
In the early 2010s, after going six years without publishing substantive literary fiction following What is the What, Eggers began a three-year streak of back-to-back novels, each broadly concerned with pressing social and political issues facing the United States and the wider world in the twenty-first century. Eggers published his novel of the Great Recession and the 2007–2008 financial crisis, A Hologram for the King, in July 2012. In October of that year, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book Award.[18]
Eggers followed this with The Circle, released in October 2013, and depicting the life of a young worker at a fictional San Francisco-based technology company in the near future, as she faces doubts about her vocation, due to the company's seemingly well-intentioned innovations revealing a more sinister underlying agenda. Completing the productive spell, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? was published in June 2014.[19] In November 2015, Your Fathers, Where Are They ... was longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award,[20] Eggers' fifth nomination for the award following earlier nominations for The Circle, A Hologram for the King, The Wild Things, and What is the What.
In April 2016, Eggers visited Israel, as part of a project by the "Breaking the Silence" organization, to write an article for a book on the Israeli occupation, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War.[21][22] The book was edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman and published under the title "Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation" in June 2017.[23]
In July 2016, Eggers published Heroes of the Frontier.[24] Earlier the same year, a film adaptation of Eggers' earlier novel A Hologram for the King was released to mixed reviews and middling commercial performance. The Circle, a film version of Eggers' book, starring Emma Watson, John Boyega, and Tom Hanks (who had starred in the Hologram for the King adaptation), was released in April 2017.[25] Eggers followed Heroes of the Frontier with The Monk of Mokha (2018), another nonfiction biography in a similar vein to Zeitoun, billed by the publishers as "the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war."[26]
Eggers ended the decade by publishing two very stylistically different novellas, written concurrently with each other. The Parade, published by Knopf in March 2019, was a spare, minimalist novella reflecting Eggers' long-standing concerns with humanitarian issues, global development, and Western perceptions of the developing world. According to the advance blurb from the publisher, the novel concerns "two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country."[27] Reviews were mixed: Positive notices included Andrew Motion's writing in The Guardian that "[Eggers'] novel may be sternly reduced in terms of its cast and language, but this leanness doesn't diminish the strength of its argument",[28] and Ron Charles in The Washington Post wrote that The Parade is "a story that conforms to the West's reductive attitudes about the developing world. Writers and politicians have long generalized about those individual cultures. A novel that lumps them together into a nameless, primitive nation only plays into that tendency."[29] The Parade was followed in November 2019 by another short novella, The Captain and the Glory, billed by Eggers himself as an "allegorical satire"[30] of the Trump administration.[31] In an interview with the publishers Knopf published on the McSweeney's website, Eggers described the novel as "an attempt to understand this era by painting it in the gaudy and garish colors it really deserves... This is part farce, part parable, and I do hope, though the Captain bears more than a passing resemblance to Trump, that the book will be readable when Trump is gone. That's part of the reason I called it 'An entertainment' on the title page. It's a nod to Graham Greene but also the way I hope people will read it. It was cathartic to write and I hope cathartic to read."[31] As with The Parade, reviews were decidedly mixed, with much criticism noting that Eggers' satire struggled to keep up with or do justice to the events of the Trump era. In a review for the Financial Times, Carl Wilkinson expressed bemusement about the purpose of the book and its intentions,[32] Hannah Barekat in The Spectator was critical of the "heavy handed" nature of the book's satire,[33] and The Guardian,[34] The Times Literary Supplement,[35] and Kirkus Reviews[36] also found the book wanting.
In 2021, his novella The Museum of Rain was published,[37] and according to the McSweeney's website, the "elegiac" short story concerns "an American Army vet in his 70s who is asked to lead a group of young grand-nieces and grand-nephews on a walk through the hills of California's Central Coast. Walking toward a setting sun, their destination is a place called The Museum of Rain, which may or may not still exist, and whose origin and meaning are elusive to all."[38] The novel The Every was released in October 2021. The novel is a follow-up to his 2013 novel The Circle.[39]
McSweeney's
[edit]Eggers founded McSweeney's, an independent publishing house, named for his mother's maiden name. The publishing house produces a quarterly literary journal, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, first published in 1998; the monthly journal The Believer, which debuted in 2003 and is edited by Eggers's wife Vendela Vida; and from 2005 to 2012, the quarterly DVD magazine Wholphin.[40] Other works include The Future Dictionary of America, Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans, and "Dr. and Mr. Haggis-On-Whey", the last being a series of children's books of literary nonsense, which Eggers writes with his younger brother Toph Eggers under a pseudonym. [citation needed]
Ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Eggers wrote an essay about the U.S. national team and soccer in the United States for The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, which contained essays about each competing team in the tournament and was published with aid from the journal Granta. According to The San Francisco Chronicle,[41] Eggers was rumored to be a possible candidate to be the new editor of The Paris Review before the Review selected Lorin Stein.
Visual art work
[edit]While at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Eggers attended art classes. After the publication of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, he focused mainly on writing, but publicly returned to visual art in 2010, with a solo gallery show at Electric Works in San Francisco, called "It Is Right to Draw Their Fur".[42] The show featured many drawings of animals often paired with phrases, sometimes out of the Bible.[43] In conjunction with that exhibition, McSweeney's published a catalog featuring 25 loose-leaf prints of the work featured in the show. In 2015, Eggers had his first solo museum exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art called "The Insufferable Throne of God".[43] Eggers is represented by Electric Works, a fine art gallery in San Francisco.
Outside of exhibitions, Eggers' visual art contributions include the following:
- Provided album art for Austin rock group Paul Banks & the Carousels' album Yelling at the Sun.
- Designed the artwork for Thrice's album Vheissu.[44]
826 National
[edit]In 2002, Eggers and educator Nínive Clements Calegari co-founded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for kids ages 6–18 in San Francisco.[45] It since developed into 826 National, and has six chapters across the United States: Los Angeles; New York City; Chicago; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Washington, D.C.; and Boston.[46]
In 2006, he appeared at a series of fund-raising events, dubbed the Revenge of the Book–Eaters tour, to support these programs. The Chicago show, at the Park West theatre, featured Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard. Other performers on the tour included Sufjan Stevens, Jon Stewart, Davy Rothbart, and David Byrne.[47] In September 2007, the Heinz Family Foundation awarded Eggers a $250,000 Heinz Award (given to recognize "extraordinary achievements by individuals") in the Arts and Humanities.[48] In accordance with Eggers's wishes, the award money was given to 826 National and The Teacher Salary Project.[49]
In April 2010, under the umbrella of 826 National, Eggers launched ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization that connects donors with students to make college more affordable.[50][51]
Controversy and activism
[edit]Eggers book The Every was released in 2021, but he refused to sell the hardcover edition on Amazon, limiting the release to independent book stores only. Paperback editions of The Every have been available on Amazon since its release.[52]
In 2022, Eggers books were one of several titles banned in South Dakota schools because of sexual content.[53] Eggers went to South Dakota to speak to authorities and students and offered any students who wanted one of the banned books copies for free via his website.[54]
In December 2022, Eggers travelled on behalf of PEN America to Kyiv, Ukraine.[55] He published "The Profound Defiance of Daily Life in Kyiv" in The New Yorker based on his time in the war-torn country.[56]
Musical contributions
[edit]- Eggers can be heard talking with Spike Jonze during "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton", the final track on Beck's 2006 album The Information. The third section of the track features Eggers and Jonze responding to Beck's question, "What would the ultimate record that ever could possibly be made sound like?"[57]
- Eggers contributed lyrics to the song "The Ghost of Rita Gonzolo" on One Ring Zero's album As Smart as We Are (2004).[58]
Personal life
[edit]Eggers was the primary guardian of his youngest brother Toph Eggers. The two later co-authored children's books together.[59] Eggers lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he is married to Vendela Vida, also a writer.[60][61] The couple have two children.[62] Vida and Eggers met in 1998 in San Francisco at a wedding; the couple started dating in 1999.[63]
He was one of three 2008 TED Prize recipients.[64] His TED Prize wish was for helping community members to personally engage with local public schools.[65][66] The same year, he was named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" by Utne Reader.[67]
Awards and honors
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- 2000 Time Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2000 Washington Post Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2000 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2000 Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2000 The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction finalist, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- 2001 Addison Metcalfe Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters)
- 2003 Independent Book Award, You Shall Know Our Velocity
- 2005 Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People
- 2005 Honorary Doctor of Letters from Brown University. He delivered the baccalaureate address at the school in 2008.[68]
- 2006 Salon Book Award for What Is the What
- 2007 The 13th Annual Heinz Award (Arts and Humanities)
- 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) finalist, What Is the What
- 2008 TED Prize
- 2008 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, What Is the What
- 2009 Literarian Award of the National Book Award
- 2009 Prix Médicis award, What Is the What
- 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest), Zeitoun
- 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Innovator's Award)
- 2009 Entertainment Weekly "End-of-the-Decade" Best of list, Zeitoun
- 2010 American Book Award, Zeitoun
- 2010 Northern California Book Award (Creative Nonfiction) nomination, Zeitoun
- 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Zeitoun
- 2011 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, The Wild Things
- 2012 National Book Award (Fiction) finalist A Hologram for the King[69]
- 2012 A Hologram for the King named in the 10 Best Books of 2012 list by editors of The New York Times Book Review[70]
- 2012 A Hologram for the King included in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2012 list[71]
- 2012 Commonwealth Club Inforum's 21st Century Award
- 2012 Hollywood.com Best Books of 2012 list, A Hologram for the King
- 2012 Albatros Literaturpreis for Zeitoun, co-won with German translators Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann.[72][73]
- 2012 The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 List (Fiction & Poetry), A Hologram for the King
- 2012 The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2012 list (Fiction, chosen by the editors of The New York Times Book Review), A Hologram for the King
- 2012 PEN Center USA Award of Honor 2012
- 2013 Eggers was the 2013 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Social Progress category
- 2013 California Book Award (Fiction) finalist, A Hologram for the King[74]
- 2014 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, A Hologram for the King
- 2015 International Dublin Literary Award longlist, The Circle
- 2015 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2018 International Dublin Literary Award shortlist, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?
- 2024 Newbery Medal, The Eyes and the Impossible[75]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- You Shall Know Our Velocity, or You Shall Know Our Velocity! (2002)
- Sacrament (2003), revised and expanded version of You Shall Know Our Velocity
- The Unforbidden is Compulsory; or, Optimism (2004) (Novella)
- What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng (2006)
- The Wild Things (2009), novelization of the film Where the Wild Things Are
- A Hologram for the King (2012)
- The Circle (2013)
- Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (2014)
- Heroes of the Frontier (2016)
- The Parade (2019)
- The Captain and the Glory (2019)
- The Every (2021)
Short stories
[edit]Collections:
- Jokes Told in Heaven About Babies (2003), as Lucy Thomas, collection
- How We Are Hungry (2004), collection of 15 short stories:
- "Another", "What It Means When a Crowd in a Faraway Nation Takes a Soldier Representing Your Own Nation, Shoots Him, Drags Him from His Vehicle and Then Mutilates Him in the Dust", "The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water", "On Wanting to Have Three Walls up Before She Gets Home", "Climbing to the Window, Pretending to Dance", "She Waits, Seething, Blooming", "Quiet", "Your Mother and I", "Naveed", "Notes for a Story of a Man Who Will Not Die Alone", "About the Man Who Began Flying After Meeting Her", "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly", "There Are Some Things He Should Keep to Himself", "When They Learned to Yelp", "After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned"
- Short Short Stories (2005), part of the Pocket Penguins series, collection of 24 short stories:
- "You Know How to Spell Elijah", "This Certain Song", "What the Water Feels Like to the Fishes", "The Weird Wife", "This Flight Attendant (Gary, Is It?) Is On Fire!", "True Story - 1986 - Midwest - USA - Tuesday", "It is Finally Time to Tell the Story", "A Circle Like Some Circles", "On Making Someone a Good Man By Calling Him a Good Man", "The Definition of Reg", "How Long It Took", "She Needed More Nuance", "The Heat and Eduardo, Part I", "Of Gretchen and de Gaulle", "The Heat and Eduardo, Part II", "Sleep to Dreamier Sleep Be Wed", "On Seeing Bob Balaban in Person Twice in One Week", "When He Started Saying 'I Appreciate It' After 'Thank You'", "You'll Have to Save That For Another Time", "Woman, Foghorn", "How Do Koreans Feel About the Germans?", "Georgia is Lost", "They Decide To Have No More Death", "Roderick Hopes"
- How the Water Feels to the Fishes (2007), part of One Hundred and Forty-Five Stories in a Small Box, collection of 31 short stories:
- "Once a year", "Accident", "Old enough", "She needs a new journal", "Sooner", "The commercials of Norway", "Lily", "The boy they didn't take pictures of", "The fights not fought", "The horror", "How the water feels to the fishes", "How to do it", "Go-getters", "Deeper", "The battle between", "There are different kinds", "Alberto", "You still know that boy", "No safe harbor", "The bounty", "On making him a good man calling him a good man", "Thoughtful that way", "We can work it out", "No one knows", "The island from the window", "The anger of the horses", "California moved west", "How the air feels to the birds", "The man who", "Older than", "Steve again"
The Forgetters Series:
Standalone short story/novella portions of a potential novel. [76]
- "The Museum of Rain" (2021)
- "The Honor of Your Presence" (2023)
- "The Keeper of the Ornaments" (2024)
- "The Comebacker" (2024)
- "Where the Candles Are Kept" (2024)
- "The Lighted Boat Parade" (2024)
Uncollected short stories:
- "The Man At The River" (2013)
- "We Like You So Much and Want to Know You Better" (2013)
- "The Alaska of Giants and Gods" (2014)
- "Understanding the Sky" (2015)
Children's books
[edit]The Haggis-on-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance series (as "Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey", with Christopher Eggers, picture books):
- Giraffes? Giraffes! (2003)
- Your Disgusting Head (2004)
- Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid (2006)
- Cold Fusion (2008)
- Children and the Tundra (2010)
Stand-alones:
- When Marlana Pulled a Thread (2011), picture book
- The Bridge Will Not Be Gray (2015), with illustrations by Tucker Nichols, picture book
- Her Right Foot (2017), with illustrations by Shawn Harris, picture book
- The Lifters (2018)
- What Can a Citizen Do? (2018), with illustrations by Shawn Harris, picture book
- Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up (2019), with illustrations by Laura Park, picture book
- Most of the Better Natural Things in the World (2019), with illustrations by Angel Chang, picture book
- Tomorrow Most Likely (2019), with illustrations by Lane Smith, picture book
- Faraway Things (2021), with illustrations by Kelly Murphy, picture book[77]
- We Became Jaguars (2021), with illustrations by Woodrow White
- The Eyes and the Impossible (2023), with illustrations by Shawn Harris
- Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion (2023), with illustrations by Júlia Sardà
- Soren's Seventh Song (2024), with illustrations by Mark Hoffmann
Non-fiction
[edit]- Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers (2005), with Daniel Moulthrop and Nínive Clements Calegari, sociology
- Zeitoun (2009), biography
- It Is Right to Draw Their Fur: Animal Renderings (2010), drawings
- Visitants (2013), travels
- The Voice of Witness reader : ten years of amplifying unheard voices. 2015.
- "The Actual Hollister: A California Town and Its Name". Personal History. The New Yorker. 91 (20): 30–37. July 20, 2015.
- Ungrateful Mammals (2017), drawings
- The Monk of Mokha (2018), biography
- Phoenix (2019), politics
- Memoirs
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2000.
- Mistakes we knew we were making. 2000.
Works edited and prefaced
[edit]- Drama in the Desert: The Sights and Sounds of Burning Man (ISBN 0972178902) (Eggers wrote the foreword) (2002)
- Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated (co-compiled with Lola Vollen; with an introduction by Scott Turow) (2005)
- Stories Upon Stories (2016), anthology of short stories, editor and contributor
- Some Recollections from a Busy Life: The Forgotten Story of the Real Town of Hollister, California by T.S. Hawkins (2016) (Eggers provides the introduction to a reprint of an autobiography by his great, great grandfather originally published in 1913)
Filmography
[edit]- Away We Go (2009), screenplay co-written with Vendela Vida
- Where the Wild Things Are (2009), screenplay co-written with director Spike Jonze
- Promised Land (2012), screenplay by Matt Damon and John Krasinski, story by Dave Eggers[78][79]
- A Hologram for the King (2016), film directed by Tom Tykwer, based on novel A Hologram for the King[80]
- Your Mother and I (2016), short directed by Anna Maguire, based on Eggers’ short story "Your Mother and I"
- The Circle (2017), screenplay co-written with director James Ponsoldt and based on Eggers’ novel The Circle[81]
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Further reading
[edit]Criticism and interpretation
[edit]- Altes, Liesbeth Korthals (2008) "Sincerity, Reliability, and Other Ironies — Notes on Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" in Narrative Unreliability in the Twentieth-Century First-Person Novel (eds. Elke D'hoker and Gunther Martens). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
- Boxall, Peter. Twenty-First-Century Fiction: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2013. [contains discussion of What is the What]
- D'Amore, Jonathan. American Authorship and Autobiographical Narrative: Mailer, Wideman, Eggers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. [joint study on works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Eggers; contains discussion of ... Staggering Genius, "Mistakes We Knew We Were Making", You Shall Know Our Velocity, and What is the What]
- den Dulk, Allard. Existentialist Engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer. Bloomsbury, 2014. [joint study on the works of Eggers, David Foster Wallace, and Jonathan Safran Foer; contains discussion of ... Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity and The Circle]
- Funk, Wolfgang. The Literature of Reconstruction: American Literature in the New Millennium. Bloomsbury. 2015 [contains a chapter on 'reconstructing the author' in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]
- Galow, Timothy W. Understanding Dave Eggers. University of South Carolina Press. 2014.
- Giles, Paul. The Global Remapping of American Literature. Princeton University Press, 2011 [contains discussion of ... Staggering Genius and What is the What]
- Grassian, Daniel. Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X. McFarland, 2003 [contains discussion of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius]
- Hamilton, Caroline D. "Blank Looks: Reality TV and Memoir in A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol.28, no.2. (December 2009), pp.31-46
- Hamilton, Caroline D. One Man Zeitgeist: Dave Eggers, Publishing and Publicity. Bloomsbury, 2012.
- Holland, Mark K. Succeeding Postmodernism: Language and Humanism in Contemporary American Literature. Bloomsbury, 2013. [contains discussion of ... Staggering Genius]
- Jensen, Mikkel (2014) "A Note on a Title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" in The Explicator. Volume 72, Issue 2.[1]
- Mosseau, Robert. "Connecting Travel Writing, Bildungsroman, and Therapeutic Culture in Dave Eggers's Literature" in Lanzendorfer, Tim [ed.] The Poetics of Genre in the Contemporary Novel. Lexington Books, 2015. [contains discussion of You Shall Know Our Velocity and A Hologram for the King]
- Nicol, Bran (2006) "'The Memoir as Self-Destruction': Dave Eggers's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" in Modern Confessional Writing (ed. Jo Gill). New York: Routledge.
- Peek, Michelle. "Humanitarian Narrative and Posthumanist Critique: Dave Eggers's What is the What. Biography. 35.1 (Winter, 2012), pp.115-136.
- Pignagnoli, Virginia. "Sincerity, Sharing, and Authorial Discourses on the Fiction/Nonfiction Distinction: The Case of Dave Eggers's You Shall Know Our Velocity" in Lanzendorfer, Tim [ed.] The Poetics of Genre in the Contemporary Novel. Lexington Books, 2015. [contains discussion of You Shall Know Our Velocity and The Circle]
- Sommerfeld, Stephanie. "Nature Revisited: Postironic Sublimity in Dave Eggers" in Pierce, Gillian B. [ed.] The Sublime Today: Contemporary Readings in the Aesthetic. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. 67-101.
- Timmer, Nicoline. Do You Feel it Too? The Post-Postmodern Syndrome in American Fiction at the Turn of the Millennium. Rodopi, 2010. [contains discussion of ... Staggering Genius]
- Varvogli, Aliki. Travel and Dislocation in Contemporary American Fiction. Routledge, 2012. [Contains discussion of What Is the What and You Shall Know Our Velocity]
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Dave Eggers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Dave Eggers in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Author page on the McSweeney's website (features a detailed bibliography)
- 826 National
- Dave Eggers at IMDb
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