Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Dave Eggers
Born: March 12, 1970 (age 55)
Bio: Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his subsequent work as a novelist and screenwriter.
Known for:
- The Circle (2013)
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000)
- Zeitoun (2009)
- What Is the What (2006)
- A Hologram for the King (2012)
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