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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...
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  • The Circle is a 2013 dystopian novel written by American author Dave Eggers. The novel chronicles tech worker Mae Holland as she joins a powerful Internet...
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  • The Eyes and the Impossible is a 2023 all-ages book written by Dave Eggers with illustrations by Shawn Harris. It tells the story of Johannes, a dog appointed...
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  • October 2014, Dave Eggers announced that McSweeney's would become a nonprofit publisher and asked readers for donations for several projects. Eggers cited declining...
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    path. She is married to author Dave Eggers, has two children, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vida and Eggers had met in 1998 in San Francisco...
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  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (category Books by Dave Eggers)
    Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers. Published in 2000, it chronicles his stewardship of his younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related...
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    William Daniel Eggers (born February 14, 1967) is an American writer, researcher, policy analyst, and government and management consultant. Eggers has worked...
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  • Dutch Republic Dave Eggers (born 1970), American writer, editor and publisher Doug Eggers (born 1930), American football player Frank H. Eggers (1901–1954)...
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  • The Circle (2017 film) (category Films based on works by Dave Eggers)
    directed by James Ponsoldt with a screenplay by Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers, based on Eggers' 2013 novel of the same name. The film stars Emma Watson and...
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  • rave reviews from literary critics. Writing for The New York Times, Dave Eggers called the book "riveting" and wrote, "in these last pages, Grann takes...
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  • beyond postmodern irony. Other authors often described as postironic are Dave Eggers, Tao Lin, and Alex Shakar. Whereas in postmodern irony, something is...
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  • What Is the What (category Novels by Dave Eggers)
    The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese child refugee...
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  • Heroes of the Frontier is a 2016 novel by Dave Eggers. It concerns a dentist who moves with her children to Alaska after a failed relationship with the...
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  • been displaced by Sudan's wars and turbulence. At her urging, writer Dave Eggers began talking to Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee and member...
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  • (1999). The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Smith, Zadie (2000). White Teeth. Eggers, Dave (2000). A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Fuguet, Alberto (2000)...
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  • A Hologram for the King (film) (category Films based on works by Dave Eggers)
    co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to...
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  • screenplay was based on a story by Dave Eggers. Krasinski came up with the film's premise and developed the idea with Eggers. They pitched the idea to Damon...
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  • successor to Eggers' earlier magazine project Might, although Might was focused on editorial content and news, and not literature. Eggers also refers to...
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  • A Hologram for the King (category Novels by Dave Eggers)
    A Hologram for the King is a 2012 American novel written by Dave Eggers. In October 2012, the novel was announced as a finalist for the National Book...
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  • American Series and was initially edited by Dave Eggers. In the editor's note to the 2013 volume, Eggers stated that the 12th edition would be his last...
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    features a strong current of postmodern writing, like the postironic Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000), and Jennifer Egan's...
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  • The Wild Things (category Novels by Dave Eggers)
    novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's. The book is based on the screenplay of Where the Wild Things Are which Eggers co-wrote. The film...
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  • Where the Wild Things Are (film) (category Films with screenplays by Dave Eggers)
    fantasy adventure drama film directed by Spike Jonze. Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name...
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    Concern) (2017), edited by Dave Eggers Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor, Editors Dave Eggers, Kevin Shay, Lee Epstein...
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  • published by McSweeney's, the independent press founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers. Eggers designed The Believer's original design template. Park left The Believer...
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  • You Shall Know Our Velocity (category Novels by Dave Eggers)
    You Shall Know Our Velocity! is a 2002 novel by Dave Eggers. It was Eggers's debut novel, following the success of his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering...
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    launched. Among the writers who have cited Wallace as an influence are Dave Eggers, Jonathan Franzen, Rivka Galchen, Matthew Gallaway, David Gordon, John...
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  • Might Be Giants, featuring interviews with Frank Black, Sarah Vowell, Dave Eggers, Mark Hoppus, and others. It was directed by AJ Schnack and premiered...
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  • How We Are Hungry (category Short story collections by Dave Eggers)
    How We Are Hungry is a collection of short stories by Dave Eggers, originally published by McSweeney's in 2004. The hardcover first edition includes the...
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  • Zeitoun (book) (category Books by Dave Eggers)
    Zeitoun is a nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's in 2009. It tells the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the Syrian-American...
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