Well, my background is journalism. I dont have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college. – Dave Eggers
McSweeneys as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object. – Dave Eggers
But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what its like to internalize all that chaos. – Dave Eggers
It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur. – Dave Eggers
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply, In my mothers womb, probably as a result of the oysters and champagne – the food of Aphrodite. – Isadora Duncan