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Contributor to periodicals and author of A Hearbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Links:

Flak Magazine: Ironic Genius Article about the author's memoir and a reading of his work in San Francisco. By Eric Wittmershaus. www.flakmag.com/features/eggers.html

Ironminds: Dave Eggers Screwed Me Too E-mail correspondence between the author and David J Plotkin, posted by the latter. www.ironminds.com/ironminds/issues/010302/media.shtml

Salon.com: Dave Eggers An interview by the author with Mark Eitzel, plus a review of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and a discussion of the book with Amy Benfer. www.salon.com/directory/topics/dave_eggers

Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency Literary magazine edited by the author. www.mcsweeneys.net

Slate: Not All Irony Is Created Equal Discussion of the author's memoir, by Michael Hirschorn and Jodi Kantor. slate.msn.com/../../../22/00&idMessage=4660&idBio=147

Complete Potshot at Dave Eggers Footnotes to the opening of the author's memoir, with personal criticism. www.coldbacon.com/eggers.html

Hipmama: Irony with Soul Article by Tamara Straus, concluding that the author's formal experiments are ironic despite his rejection of the term. www.hipmama.com/features/eggers.html

Mighty McSweeney's Village Voice article and interview by Matt Goldberg on McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Might and the author's plans. www.villagevoice.com/issues/9912/goldberg.php

The Guardian: The Agony and the Irony Interview with the author, by Stephanie Merritt. books.guardian.co.uk/../biography/story/0,6000,220588,00.html

The Guardian: Come to the Cabaret Review of "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Adam Begley. books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,6121,343406,00.html

Salon.com: You Shall Know Our Velocity Review of the novel, with links to other articles on the author. www.salon.com/books/review/2002/10/31/eggers

Guardian Unlimited: You Shall Know Our Velocity Review of the novel by Adam Mars-Jones in The Observer. books.guardian.co.uk/../generalfiction/0,6121,886584,00.html

Random House: You Shall Know Our Velocity Precis of the novel and questions for discussion for reading groups. www.randomhouse.com/../../display.pperl?isbn=1400033543&view=rg