McSweeney's Issue 23 by Mcsweeney's

McSweeney's Issue 23 by Mcsweeney's

Exactly half of the stories you'll read in issue 23 of McSweeney's are by brand-new writers; the other half are by writers already well known for their extraordinary gifts. All of these stories, however, are ambitious, and all of them are wonderful. Between these covers you'll find three schoolfriends attempting to eradicate stereotyping in their local shopping mall with their new venture, Black Hoodie Solutions; chaos and comfort in the wake of a hurricane; a letter from an estranged father to his son warning him of the agonies and ecstasies of sexual congress; artwork by Andrea Dezso, Brian McMullen and McSweeney's own Dave Eggers, and much more besides. Featuring new stories by Roddy Doyle and Ann Beattie, and introducing some of the hottest new names to watch, McSweeney's Issue 23 is exciting and essential reading.

Profoundly influential.. brings out the best in unknown writers * Independent on Sunday *
It's hard to refuse the pleasure of reading it offers. It's like playing hookey from school * Frieze *
Profoundly influential ... brings out the best in unknown writers * Independent on Sunday *
It's hard to refuse the pleasure of reading it offers. It's like playing hookey from school * Frieze *

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.

www.Internationalcongressofyouthvoices.org
www.826valencia.org
www.scholarmatch.org
www.voiceofwitness.org
www.valentinoachakdeng.org
www.mcsweeneys.net
www.daveeggers.net

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ISBN 13	9780241143919
ISBN 10	0241143918
Title	McSweeney's Issue 23
Author	Mcsweeney's
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2007-08-02
Number of pages	184
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.