by Dave Eggers (Editor)
"McSweeney's Issue 21" is as full of great writing and clever details as ever, while physically more book - like than other issues. Inside, you'll find stories from Roddy Doyle, Miranda July and JC Oates, a host of new talents just waiting for you to discover them, and the triumphant return of Arthur Bradford, not to mention a priceless trove of letters sent to Ray Charles, confiscated by the son of his former secretary. It may also include some sheet music.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 01 Feb 2007
ISBN 10: 0241143756
ISBN 13: 9780241143759
Dave Eggers is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Medicis Etranger. He is the founder of McSweeney's and the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired similar programs around the world, and of ScholarMatch, which connects donors with students to make college accessible. He is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and is the cofounder of Voice of Witness, a book series that illuminates human rights crises through oral history. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter. His work has been translated into forty- two languages.
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