Dave Eggers

Michael Chabon looks back on 2012

2012-12-16 00:00:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") reflected on 2012's cultural highlights and currents in a conversation from his home in Berkeley. What were your favorite books this year? I really loved my...

Review: 'Promised Land' begins well but never quite catches hold

2012-12-27 15:25:00

"Promised Land" certainly sounds promising. It's got a strong cast and an intriguing premise that has the added bonus of real-world relevance. But, good intentions and good work aside, the film flounders before it reaches its conclusion. The film, which...

Matt Damon and John Krasinski's zigzag path to 'Promised Land'

2012-12-13 09:00:00

In the 15 years since Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won the Academy Award for their "Good Will Hunting" screenplay, Damon has worked with some of Hollywood's best directors, become a humanitarian in Africa and even parodied himself with the help of Kevin...

Wayne Coyne teams with KCRW, McSweeney's to produce radio play

2012-11-20 14:11:00

Radio theater is a medium that, while no longer practiced as it was during the golden age of radio, remains rich with potential. Like books, drama over the airwaves requires an active mind’s eye for both its creators and its audience. But unlike the...

Erdrich, Boo win National Book Awards

2012-11-15 08:00:00

Novelist Louise Erdrich and journalist Katherine Boo took the top prizes at the National Book Awards in New York on Wednesday night. Although set half a world apart, both women's books express what Boo described as "small stories in so-called hidden...

Review: 'A Hologram for the King' by Dave Eggers worth discussing

2012-06-17 00:00:00

-------------------- A Hologram for the King A Novel Dave Eggers McSweeney's: 328 pp., $25 -------------------- More than any other writer of his generation, Dave Eggers is a brand. The 42-year-old author is accomplished in many fields — he's...

826LA adds Pee-wee Herman to Judd Apatow benefit

2012-05-23 16:35:40

What Patti Smith and Neil Young won't be doing at BEA

2012-05-22 16:34:57

Southern California Close-Ups: Los Angeles' park neighborhoods

2012-03-30 15:49:00

First published on March 20, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. It's not easy being the lungs of Los Angeles. But Griffith Park, the foremost green space in a city notorious for meager parkland and abundant smog, endures bravely, maybe even...

Not Just for Kids: 'Never Fall Down' details horrors of Khmer Rouge

2012-04-29 00:00:00

-------------------- Never Fall Down A Novel Patricia McCormick Balzer + Bray: 224 pp., $17.99, ages 14 and up -------------------- When it comes to genocide, Hitler is obviously well covered. There are countless titles for young readers about the...

Critic's Notebook: Grantland takes on the bigger world of sports

2012-01-04 00:00:00

When it comes to sportswriting, I tend to subscribe to George Plimpton's small-ball theory: The smaller the ball, the better the writing about the sport. This has a lot to do with my own biases (I'm a baseball fan, not much interest in basketball or...

First U.S. World Book Night giveaway announces book selections

2011-12-14 16:34:48

We asked Liz Cicchelli to name her current favorite books: "I'm reading this amazing book right now by Dave Eggers, called 'Zeitoun,' which is nonfiction and revolves around this family that lives in New Orleans and was there during Katrina.

2012-11-09 09:12:48

The book: "One of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt is -- and should be -- read by any student of contemporary literature." -- Dave Eggers. It was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. Why it's "unfilmable": Primarily due to the structure.

2012-10-24 19:14:12

Claire Gaiefsky, Kathryn Clarke, and Jobi Cates participate in a book club meeting at the Human Rights Watch office in Chicago on Friday, September 28, 2012, to discuss the book "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers.

2012-09-26 00:00:00