I just wanted to quickly mention that Dave Eggers - the genius behind McSweeney's - received a well-deserved $250,000 Heinz Award for his 826 Valencia writing labs.
John Freeman (also my grandfather's name) spoke with Eggers about the award, among other things, and you can read the interview if you click here or here. You can also click here.
John Freeman (also my grandfather's name) spoke with Eggers about the award, among other things, and you can read the interview if you click here or here. You can also click here.
So on top of this work, you have a new book coming in America this autumn as One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies. How did that come together?Keep up the great work, Dave.
I'd been writing those short shorts for years. I'm a huge fan of Sarah Manguso, and her work is almost short stories, some sort of combination of poetry and prose. It reminded me a little of my hero, Lydia Davis. So I asked Sarah to write more of those, and meanwhile Deb Olin Unferth sent a collection to us, and we saw that as a chance to put the three together - share our audiences and put it in a nice package.
