Dave Eggers

Born: 1970-03-12

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 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.


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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

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Released: 2003-05-23

John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln,...

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To Be Destroyed

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Released: 2024-08-11

A 30-minute documentary on book banning and censorship that follows author Dave Eggers as he...

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