A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
I'm most of the way through it and really like it. Mostly
autobiographical, somewhat maudlin and very introspective. Always witty,
and often inspiring.
Eggers currently is editor of McSweeney's
which is a nifty site/magazine.
From there I ran into freedarko which is an
interesting and intelligent basketball commentary.
Good sportswriting for those of us who appreciate good writing, but also
follow sports, is sometimes hard to find. Bill Simmons at espn.com was as
good as it got for me until I found freedarko, which is better after a few
glances, to my mind. Gregg Easterbrook used to be pretty interesting,
except that he compared Disney to hitler and lost his spot on espn...
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