Dave Eggers
Win Tickets to See Dave Eggers Receive the 21st Century Visionary Award
I was in college when A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius came out. For some reason I had to read it for a class on 20th Century art movements that was taught by a woman who was slowly unraveling. While the class was totally shitty and poorly taught, one awesome
This Week’s Events For The 5 Senses
Wondering what to do for fun this week? Feeling a little dead inside? Wake yourself up with a FREE event for each of the 5 senses! SEE: There’s nothing like a Charlie Kaufman/Spike Jonze collaborative mindfuck to topple you into an existential crisis. Catch a FREE screening of Adaptation this
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
McSweeney’s Issue 34 Release with FREE Food
Offices filled with industrious people who come in seven days a week, rain or shine, in sickness and in health, aren’t just a glowing example of a desperate job economy and job-loss fear. Offices filled with industrious people who come in seven days a week, rain or shine, in sickness
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
This is an excerpt from my NYC book Visiting the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. suddenly cheapened my entire childhood experience. Before that moment, I had thought that tying my blankey around my neck when I was a five year old and pretending I was Superman was cute and imaginative; now
FREE Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Literary Stuff Served Up by Dave Eggers
Tonight the legendary City Lights bookstore on Columbus will be hosting a reading from Stoners and Self-Appointed Saints, and Fever Chart – the latter of which was published by McSweeney’s – that impossibly twee publisher/website/lit rag founded by love-him-or-hate-him memoirist/novelist/newspaper man Dave Eggers. To go along with the readings, their