http://negroplease.vox.com/library/posts/tags/826+writing/page/1/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. en Vox Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:58:37 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 826 writing http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-words-on-paper.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Jason) http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-words-on-paper.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-words-on-paper.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:58:37 -0800 <blockquote><p>The first thing you notice when you pick up a piece of work published by McSweeney&#39;s is how handsome it is. One of the hallmarks of the upstart publisher founded by wunderkind memoirist Dave Eggers is its loving attention to the look of print media, a touching gesture to a supposedly dying form. Cracking an issue of <em>McSweeney&#39;s</em> is like opening a Fabergé egg, each new installment (one came in a cigar box) more obsessively crafted than the last. The underlying message: Literature matters, and whatever these volumes contain must be special.<br /></p></blockquote><p>- <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20178238,00.html">A Golden Eggers</a> by Jennifer Rose, Entertainment Weekly, 02.15.08</p><p>I&#39;ve purchased several copies of <a href="http://www.believermag.com/">The Believer</a> -- nearly subscribing at it&#39;s ridiculous price after one particularly good music issue -- but never McSweeney&#39;s. I&#39;m not sure why. Probably because while I first heard of Eggers the writer because of <a href="http://www.culturevulture.net/Books/Heartbreaking.htm">A Heartbreaking Work...</a>, I first read McSweeney&#39;s <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">online</a> and so online it stays in my mind. The author of the article is right, I generally find the writing there very hit or miss with an awful lot of misses. People often too busy trying to be cutesy to remember to be at least a little bit substantive.</p><p>But, I do love the live events and activism and Eggers&#39; books.</p><p>And, now, I&#39;m thinking I should get McSweeney&#39;s just so I could get the awesome cigar box or something of equal stature.</p><p>Damn you, Eggers!<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/speakeasy-words-on-paper.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398dec6d60004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> mcsweeneys dave eggers speakeasy entertainment weekly a heartbreaking work of staggering genius the believer jennifer rose 826 writing