McSweeney's 38
Edited by Dave Eggers
Publisher: McSweeneys
Issue 38 is a real beauty, with stories pulled in from all over the world—a grand tour, in prose, of a dozen places you have perhaps neglected to visit, up to now! There is Ariel Dorfman in Paris, with one eye on Chile, Bisi Adjapon in Ghana, Chanan Tigay with the Israeli Arabs of the Desert Scouts Brigade, Nathaniel Rich exploring the Northeast Kingdom, Steven Millhauser somewhere far away, deep, deep in the woods, and new fiction from Dave Eggers—and more stories, besides, plus a comic and color photography and a cover that’ll earn you admiring glances in whatever environment you’re in. Don’t even think about missing this one.
“McSweeney’s” began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines. But after the first issue, the journal began to publish pieces primarily written with “McSweeney’s” in mind. Since then, “McSweeney’s” has attracted works from some of the finest writers in the country. Today, “McSweeney’s” has grown to be one of the country’s best-read and widely circulated literary journals, with an expanding, loyal subscriber base and strong independent bookstore following.
Dave Eggers lived in Illinois until his parents’ deaths in 1991. The loss left him responsible for his eight-year-old brother and later became the inspiration for his highly acclaimed memoir “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”. Published in 2000, the memoir was nominated for a nonfiction Pulitzer the following year. Eggers has also written two novels and edits the popular “The Best American Nonrequired Reading” published annually. In 1998, he founded the independent publishing house, McSweeney’s which publishes a variety of magazines and literary journals. Eggers has also opened several nonprofit writing centers for high school students across the United States. He currently resides in the San Francisco bay area with his wife and daughter.
