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A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
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Vanity Fair | August 2011
The most celebrated living creator of picture books, Maurice Sendak has resurfaced, at 83, with Bumble-Ardy. He says he’s demented, but Dave Eggers finds that Sendak’s uncompromising vision still makes perfect sense.
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The Teacher Who Encouraged Me To Write
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TeacherLove.org | August 2011
Jay Criche made "Macbeth" seem edgy to suburban teens and he helped me believe I could be an author
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A Marriage of Convenience
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The Guardian | April 2011
The June Brides may have caused few ripples in the 1980s indie scene but they meant the world to a teenage Dave Eggers. So what heinous conspiracy forced them off the musical map?
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The True Story of American Soccer
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Slate | June 2010
From "The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup."
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Max at Sea
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The New Yorker | August 2009
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'Like the Earth Was Coming to an End'
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The Guardian | November 2008
Valentino Achak Deng last worked with Dave Eggers on a fictionalised account of his experience of Sudan's bloody civil war. Now they've joined forces again—this time to let the country's refugees tell their stories.
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It Was Just Boys Walking
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The Guardian | May 2007
Valentino Deng was one of thousands of Sudanese children forced to flee their homes during the 20-year civil war. Now resettled in America, he wants the world to know the brutal truth about the conflict. So he told his story to Dave Eggers. The novelist reflects on the challenge of turning heartbreaking reality into fiction.
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And Now for Something Completely Difficult ...
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The Guardian | September 2006
Three decades after the Monty Python team made the silliest film ever, it's been reborn as a hit musical. And it's even got the killer rabbit! As Spamalot prepares to open in London, Eric Idle tells Dave Eggers why this was something he had to get right.
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Your Country Needs to Pay You
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The Guardian | October 2005
Dave Eggers remembers the friend who became an inspirational teacher, but could not afford to keep the job.
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Sixteen Tons of Fun
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The New Yorker | December 2004
Eric Idle brings the Holy Grail to Broadway.