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Vendela Vida talks about her new novel, and her writerly life with husband, Dave Eggers.
Seven Days  |  Mike Ives  |  04-06-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Burning House of Folknew

X’s acoustic alter ego release their first album in two decades.
Boston Phoenix  |  Matt Ashare  |  08-08-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Not Quite a Sea Changenew

The consensus on Low’s seventh full-length album and first for Sub Pop, is that it represents a Great Departure. Also reviewed is The Fiery Furnaces'EP.
Illinois Times  |  Rene Spencer Saller  |  03-25-2005  |  Reviews

Homme Sweet Homme: Queens of the Stone Age Interviewnew

Repetition saturates Queens of the Stone Age's new album Lullabies To Paralyze like a recurring nightmare.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ken Micallef  |  03-24-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Ready to Ware: Comics from McSweeney'snew

For issue #13 of Dave Eggers's McSweeney's Quarterly, Chris Ware dons the guest editor's hat, turning the volume into an anthology of his favorite contemporary comics artists. Also reviewed is Canadian cartoonist Seth's Clyde Fans Book 1.
Boston Phoenix  |  Douglas Wolk  |  12-01-2004  |  Fiction

His Velocity: Keeping Up With Dave Eggersnew

While Heartbreaking Work fried Eggers' grief over his parents' death in a vat of irony -- a necessary tic, no doubt, in de-sanctifying the memoir -- these stories do not have their guards up. They are raw, unfiltered and have the quivering texture of lived experience.
Missoula Independent  |  John Freeman  |  10-29-2004  |  Fiction

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