John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph play parents-to-be in this movie by real-life couple Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jun 5, 2009
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The bankruptcy of a book distributor sent shock waves through the indie publishing world, leaving small presses like McSweeney's struggling to survive. Can the Internet help keep them afloat?
By Priya Jain
June 21, 2007
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In this entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors," Dave Eggers summarizes and notates Vonnegut's literary output.
By Dave Eggers
April 12, 2007
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A scary interaction in America makes Valentino long to be back in a Sudanese refugee camp.
By Dave Eggers
December 13, 2006
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This year, stories from five extraordinary writers about Africa, 9/11's aftermath and the Civil War captivated us the most.
By Laura Miller and Hillary Frey
December 13, 2006
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Dave Eggers talks about production by procrastination, how understanding book-selling can empower a writer, and what it's like to be the head of a publishing empire that everyone has an opinion about.
By David Amsden
March 9, 2005
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The candidate looked down at his chest and another face, just like his, was looking up at him, grinning like a knife salesman.
By Dave Eggers
August 3, 2004
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"You're going to run the president as an outsider?" Luis asked. "Yes, Luis," Daniel said, for that was his name.
By Dave Eggers
July 29, 2004
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A bell rang and the first woman sat down. She resembled, eerily, the mother from "Good Times."
By Dave Eggers
July 27, 2004
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Dick Benjamin gets an idea: A man with an IQ like his (stratospheric), and influence like his (endless and probing), had obligations that regular people, even professional golfers, couldn't understand.
By Dave Eggers
July 22, 2004
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Two critics, one revered and the other almost universally reviled, protest that the literary world has been taken over by big, bad, "ambitious" novels.
By Laura Miller
July 15, 2004
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It was happening almost once a day lately. While playing tennis, while bowling, while chewing gum, came the question: "Am I, J. Junior Inferior Jr., actually Jesus Christ?"
By Dave Eggers
July 15, 2004
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"How many of you dangle, imagining your country hijacked by leftist extremists who want to parade through your town wearing leather and carrying their feces in buckets?"
By Dave Eggers
July 13, 2004
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"Who is that man in the grip of elm tree? It is I, the 41st president of the United States of America."
By Dave Eggers
June 23, 2004
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The ex-president glided past clouds, and memories of his youth, while approaching a throng of media and friends ready to welcome him with a rousing cheer. All he had to do was land.
By Dave Eggers
June 16, 2004
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The Jumper: When the aging ex-president leapt from a plane this time, he would prove -- hands down and forever, time eternal -- which party was more badass and steel-balled.
By Dave Eggers
June 11, 2004
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The pumpkin-colored T-shirt of the young bed-headed man working at the coffee shop had a word emblazoned on it that was familiar to Victoria, but from where? Then it dawned on her, and she promptly fainted.
By Dave Eggers
May 26, 2004
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In her mind, she stared at the president and yelled "Liar!" But when she opened her mouth, something altogether different came out.
By Dave Eggers
May 20, 2004
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"I'm here representing the young people of this country!" Victoria Passionately shrieked at the president. Then her dream of exposing him was smothered in a rich, enveloping sea of humiliation.
By Dave Eggers
May 19, 2004
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The day had come for Victoria Passionately to make her move -- and cause the president to rue the day he'd ever left his sorry home state.
By Dave Eggers
May 13, 2004
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Will a disgruntled campaign volunteer have her revenge?
By Dave Eggers
May 6, 2004
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She was a blond, bitchy, bestselling right-wing pundette running for president. And success meant striking exactly the right pout.
By Dave Eggers
April 29, 2004
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Teresa Santiago was ready to jump ship to another presidential candidate. But was she ready to commit political espionage?
By Dave Eggers
April 23, 2004
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Dick Benjamin wasn't just smart. He might have been the smartest presidential candidate -- ever! But how could he get the word out?
By Dave Eggers
April 21, 2004
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Glenn Close seemed nice enough. But the hundreds who gathered to see the prospective presidential candidate couldn't help wondering what, exactly, was she doing there?
By Dave Eggers
April 12, 2004