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Sheila Heti's The Middle Stories, 10 Years Later

Brian Joseph Davis | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Sheila Heti, McSweeney's, The Middle Stories, How Should a Person Be, Short Stories, Author Interviews, Books News
Brian Joseph Davis

Do you remember the days of 2002? I remember Toronto author Sheila Heti's first book, The Middle Stories. I remember how different it seemed from all other fiction. I spoke with Heti recently about the new edition.

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Author T. C. Boyle's Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center

Elana Estrin | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: The New Yorker, Harper's, PEN/Faulkner, When the Killing's Done, The Atlantic, University of Southern California, World's End, Esquire, T. C. Boyle Stories, PEN/Malamud, McSweeney's, The Tortilla Curtain, Harry Ransom Center, T.C. Boyle, The University of Texas at Austin, Ransom Center, Books News
Elana Estrin

Spanning more than 30 years, from the 1970s through the present, and featuring manuscripts, correspondence, professional files and teaching material the archive covers the breadth of T.C. Boyle's prolific career.

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2011 Workers Voice Awards Named, Signals Strong Year for Worker-Based Themes in Pop Culture

Wyatt Closs | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Peter Berg, Mike Ross, Workers, Dirty Jobs, Economics, Stone's Throw Records, A-Moment-in-the-Sun, John Sayles, Blowback Productions, Economy, Marc-Levin, Finn Ryan, Immigration, Awards, Music, Brian Grazer, Aloe Blacc, Workers Voice Awards, Craig Piligian, Parks and Recreation, Television, McSweeney's, Union Song, Greg Daniels, Wisconsin, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Books, Hbo, Economic Crisis, Michael Schur, I Need a Dollar, Tom Morello, Friday Night Lights, A Better Life, Award Season, Film, US Economy, Spiegel and Grau, Art, Work, Griftopia, Rolling Stone, Chris Weitz, Unions, Mike-Taibbi, Amy Poehler, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

Can a film about an immigrant father struggling to start a gardening business be a defining work of 2011? Yes. Who was best at amplifying workers' voi...

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Inside This Place Not of It

Meg Waite Clayton | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Inside This Place Not of It, Voice of Witness, Robin Levi, McSweeney's, Margaret Atwood, Books, Nonfiction, Ayelet Waldman, Dave Eggers, Lola Vollen, Books News
Meg Waite Clayton

Author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen have founded a nonprofit division of McSweeney's Books called Voice of Witness, meant to empower those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice.

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New Book Teaches Babies HTML

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Computer-Coding, Html, McSweeney's, Baby Books, Parenting Books, Humor Books, Go-the-Fuck-to-Sleep-Book, Books News

Forget "mama" and "dada"--your child's first words should be "Backslash A". We've seen an increase of parenting humor books in the form of par...

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Interview With John Warner, Author of The Funny Man

Teddy Wayne | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: The Funny Man, Dave Eggers, John Warner, Mcsweeney's Internet Tendency, McSweeney's, Fiction, Comic Fiction, Humor Novels, Humor Writing, Books News
Teddy Wayne

John Warner is now set to make his literary debut with The Funny Man, a tragicomic novel about a pedestrian comedian who rockets to unhappy success by performing with his fist in his mouth.

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A Visit to My Kitchen: Peggy Drexler

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Maria Rodale, Peggy Drexler, Small Farms, Local Food, Organic Food, The-Baked-Potato, Momofuku, McSweeney's, Food News
Maria Rodale

Peggy Drexler is in my kitchen today talking about her Philly food roots, a favorite tool for tea in the kitchen, and where she gets her food news.

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A Look Inside David Chang's Lucky Peach Magazine Debut

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Chris Ying, Lucky Peach Magazine, Lucky Peach, David Chang Lucky Peach, Lucky Peach Momofuku, McSweeney's, Momofuku Magazine, David Chang, Lucky Peach Ipad, David Chang Magazine, Lucky Peach David Chang, Lucky Peach Magazine Subscription, Lucky Peach Magazine Where to Buy, Food News

Momofuku's David Chang doesn't do anything halfway. So when he decided to delve into the world of publishing, he wasn't going to be content with just ...

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Independent Publishers: Saving Jobs And Literature?

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Literature, Bea, Unbridled Press, Book Publishing, Independent Publishers, University Presses, Independent Presses, Publishing Jobs, Awp, McSweeney's, Graywolf, Digital Publishing, Books News

This year I attended two very different writing-centered extravaganzas: the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) a...

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McSweeney's: Fragments from 'Weiner! The Musical'

mcsweeneys.net | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Weiner the Musical, McSweeney's, Comedy News

[ANTHONY WEINER sits at home, bored.] ANTHONY WEINER I was an early bloomer I started with Chuck Schumer As his protégée That's my résumé. [...

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So You Wanted To Be A Food Critic

McSweeney's | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Restaurant Critic, McSweeney's, Food Critic, Food Criticism, Food News

You were never able to commit to any specific career path. You went through phases where you wanted to be just about everything imaginable, from an ar...

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Book Review: Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers, New Yorker, Humor, Books, Your Wildest Dreams, Vanity Fair, Mike Sacks, McSweeney's, Comedy, Books News
Stefan Sirucek

If you could spend an hour inside Mike Sacks' brain you would probably get lost. You might also find yourself giggling uncontrollably or wind up sobbing in a ball on the floor.

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New McSweeney's Cookbook Imprint To Kick Off With David Chang Journal

Publisher's Weekley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McSweeney's Cookbook Imprint, David Chang Lucky Peach, McSweeney's David Chang, McSweeney's, Cookbooks, Lucky Peach, David Chang Journal, David Chang, Food News

The David Chang journal and app that was announced last week is just the first of a new imprint McSweeney's Books is launching later this spring. Insp...

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McSweeney's Will Publish Rumsfeld Novel On Same Day As His Memoir

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donald Book, Donald Rumsfeld Book, Rumsfeld Book, Donald Rumsfeld Memoir, Donald Mcsweeney's, Donald, McSweeney's, Mcsweeneys, Donald Novel, Mcsweeney's Donald, Donald Rumsfeld, Books News

When former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld publishes his memoir on February 8th, McSweeney's will publish a "high-wire allegory" entitled Donald...

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Lemony Snicket's Christmas Story (VIDEO)

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, McSweeney's, Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown, Children's Books, Daniel Handler, Books News
Monica Edinger

Better late than never (had hoped to publish this on Christmas Eve) here's Lemony Snicket with his Christmas story, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screa...

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McSweeney's: H.P. Lovecraft's Chocolate Descriptions

McSweeney's | By LUKE BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hp Lovecraft, Eggers, Books, Fiction, David Eggers, h.p. Lovecraft, Mcsweeneys, Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, Book, McSweeney's Newspaper, Books News

Chocolate Cherry Cordial: You must not think me mad when I tell you what I found below the thin shell of chocolate used to disguise this bonbon's tru...

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John Brandon Overcomes Loneliness in His Second Novel, Citrus County

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caitlin Colford, Book Reviews, Arkansas, McNally Jackson, Best-Novels-New-York-City, McSweeney's, Citrus County, Caitlin-Colford, John Brandon, New York News
Caitlin Colford

John Brandon enters McNally Jackson Bookstore and Café a bit meek, a bit timid, perhaps a bit excited. "I just got off the plane an hour ago," claims the soft-spoken Southern gentleman.

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Review: Dave Eggers and David Byrne, 'It Is Right to Draw Their Fur,' at SF Electric Works

Cherie Louise Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Eggers, SF Electric Works, McSweeney's, San Francisco Art, Visual Art, David Byrne, Arts News
Cherie Louise Turner

The first, and last, impression of this show is delight, with a dose of idiosyncrasy. It's a good summer offering: light and witty, even quirky hip.

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Better Book Titles: 'Gril With The Dragon Tatoo' Becomes 'This Is The First Book I've Read In Six Years'

Dan Wilbur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Book Titles, Better Book Titles, Dan Wilbur, Comedy, Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, Bestsellers, Malcolm Gladwell, Steig-Larson, Fake Book Titles, Parody, McSweeney's, Books News
Dan Wilbur

Comedian Dan Wilbur is sick of reading. But he's come up with a fantastic solution for people who still would like to be part of literary conversations without expending all that energy reading a book.

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The Believer Book Award: McSweeney's Magazine Announces Annual Book Prize

The Believer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, The Believer Book Award, Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, Books, Literary Prizes, The Believer, Books News

Percival Everett's seventeenth novel, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, is a wickedly funny, stunningly imaginative, and wholly original book that addresses, h...

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'Clock Without A Face' Book Leads Readers To REAL Buried Treasure

MobyLives | Kyle Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buried Treasure, Dave Eggers, Books, Scavenger Hunt, Mcsweeneys, Clock Without a Face, Treasure Map, Books News

You wouldn't know it by looking at this five-sided, seemingly children's-oriented, picture book, but it may hold the key to your early retirement. The...

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Book Publishing Websites: The Best And Worst (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Caroline Eisenmann and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Simon and Schuster, Harpercollins, Publishers' Websites, Books, Websites, Penguin, Mcsweeneys, Macmillan, Publishers, Best Websites, Random House, Slidepollajax, Books News

Everyone in book publishing has a website. We know Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound and Borders among others sell books on the web. Authors have web...

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Getting To Know Ben Greenman In Five Easy Pieces

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Greenman, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, Arts News
David Coggins

Ben Greenman is an editor in good standing at the New Yorker. You may not know that because they don't publish a masthead--but you see his pithy reco...

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826 London

The Guardian | Vanessa Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London, 826 NYC, Reading, Writing, Literacy, Dave Eggers, Books, McSweeney's, 826 Valencia, 826 London, Books News

It is hard to get some children inside a library -- but a high-street shop selling pirate eye patches or superhero equipment is much more of a draw. ...

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McSweeney's Publisher Abruptl

San Francisco Weekly | Joe Eskenazi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Panorama, Mcsweeneys, Book Publishing, Dave Eggers, Books, Oscar Villalon, McSweeneys Newspaper, Books News

Oscar Villalon, the longtime former Chronicle book editor who accepted a buyout and then went to work as McSweeney's publisher has abruptly exited tha...

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