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Culture: Dave Eggers latest work of staggering genius? A newspaper

  • We don’t pretend to have the solutions. We’re just asking a few questions. We admit how little we know, but we’re trying to luxuri­ate in print and maybe remind people of every­thing it can do.
  • Bestselling novel­ist and McSweeney’s founder Dave Eggers • On his latest gambit, the San Francisco Panorama, a 300-page newspa­per he’s selling for $16. He had a little help from his friends – over 150 freelancers worked on the project, which is just as much a testa­ment to the newspa­per form as it is amazing art project which might get people excited about newspa­pers – and journal­ism in general – again. We know we are. Now where to we buy one of these? source
 
  • http://jeffgreco.tumblr.com Jeff Greco

    I can’t wait for mine to show up! Finally got a McSweeney’s subscrip­tion primar­ily for this.

  • http://jeffgreco.tumblr.com Jeff Greco

    I can’t wait for mine to show up! Finally got a McSweeney’s subscrip­tion primar­ily for this.

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