The Circle by Dave Eggers reminds me of Albert Brooks’ 2030 – a soapbox set around flat characters. In Eggers’ novel we follow Mae, a young, new employee at The Circle, a technology company that’s…
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Another heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Over the course of the 300-plus pages of Dave Eggers’ journalistic narrative Zeitoun, the leading lad of one of my favorite self-indulgent, albeit delightful, memoirs became more than the guy who was almost on “The…
No Chicken Soup for the Soul Here
This series is the dim sum of anthologies. Short stories, lists, magazine articles and snippets of graphic novels are chosen by two groups of high school students. Where did they get such good taste at…
Not-so heartbreaking the second time around
I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius for the first time in 1999, and it went a little something like this: Pop rocks. Coke. Shake. Brain. Dave Eggers’ memoir-with-benefits was this thing that totally…
6 questions we always ask: Erik Thompson, rock & roll writer
First I will start with the facts, and then I’ll insert an embarrassing confession, just to keep things interesting. So here’s the facts: Erik Thompson is a local music writer. He writes for City Pages,…
Book Links: A new story by Lorrie Moore, Keillor on Palin, and more
Holy cannoli! The Guardian has new short story by Lorrie Moore called “Foes” that you can read right online. [via] MNSpeak’s bookclub has chosen Charles Schulz books for their December discussion. Personally, I recommend David…