AltWeeklies Wire
On Art and Animal Testiclesnew
You have staggered into his genius and you have known his velocity; this time, Eggers gets candid about shady horse dealerships and edible testicles.
Dig Boston |
Sue Bell |
05-05-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dave Eggers, How We Are Hungry
My Blank Pagesnew
The lack of pre-release hype and author sightings on the media radar have made it possible to appreciate the writing in this short-story collection without getting bogged down in the Dave Eggers cult of personality.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
04-14-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: of, a, Dave Eggers, How We Are Hungry, McSweeney's, Know, You, Genius, Heartbreaking, Our, Shall, Staggering, Velocity!, work
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
