Dave Eggers Audio & Video

The Best American Nonrequired Reading is a selection for young people of the best literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals: from The New Yorker to Jane, Rolling Stone to The Onion, Vibe to various magazines…

A sampling of the best and least-expected fiction, nonfiction, satire, investigative reporting, and more, from traditional and alternative publications.

Dave Eggers, who edits The Best American Nonrequired Reading annually, has once again chosen the best and least-expected contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and satire from publications large and small.

Chris Elliott in conversation with Dave Eggers.

Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open.

Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling...

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Dave Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States.

The Wild Things is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control.