Talk:Dave Eggers

message: Should add info about his monthly article for Spin and his serialized novel for Salon.com.  I believe Eggers worked at Salon before AHWOSG was published.
--Brooks 05:29, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: [Older material]

message: Please remove the part "She later recanted her claims in a posting on her brother's own website McSweeney's Internet Tendency, referring to the incident as "a really terrible LaToya Jackson moment".[5] Beth Eggers committed suicide in November 2001.[6] Eggers briefly spoke about his sister's death during a 2002 fan interview for McSweeney's." 
This is not relevant and Eggers does not want this up on his own profile page  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.218.202.13 (talk) 00:26, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it. Is there a source for it? It needs a reliable inline source, and it shouldn't refer to "reports", it should refer to her suicide. Please re-add it if verification is found. Twinxor t 07:44, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sister's suicide

message: In one section of the article his first book "Heartbreaking" is listed as a memoir with fictional elements; in another section it's listed as a nonfiction book.  Which is correct?
:Both. Seriously.  Memoirs are generally regarded as non-fiction, but memoir, as a genre, is distinct from autobiography.  The latter is, or is presumed to be, purely factual.  In a memoir, however, the writer nearly always makes use of some poetic license in describing events--changing timelines, dialogue, etc. etc.  The result is accurately described by the title of the appendix Eggers added to the paperback version of AHWOSG: "Mistakes We Knew We Were Making".--ShelfSkewed 05:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh?  A memoir is, or purports to be, a true recollection of events in the author's life.  The only difference from 'autobiography' is that the latter is, or purports to be, comprehensive, whereas a memoir may cover certain selected events or relationships.  A work purporting to be a memoir may of course contain distorted or fictional elements, but so may an autobiography, in which case they are not what they purport to be.  And a work of pure fiction may be written in the form of a memoir or autobiography (e.g. Nabokov's 'Lolita' - at least, we hope it is pure fiction!).109.158.242.74 (talk) 10:28, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Fiction or non-?

message: The link for reference #8 is broken. I don't know how to edit the reference part of the page, but someone should add this, the correct link:  Realbrvhrt 20:29, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --ShelfSkewed Talk 22:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken link

message: Added basic information on his death, with reference.  Hope that it will be expanded as information becomes available. 173.76.204.216 (talk) 08:51, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That story is about 'David Eddings' not 'Dave Eggers'. Please don't add nonsense to Wikipedia. Nick-D (talk) 08:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: Hey!
German Wikipedia says David Eggers was born in Chicago and you can find different birthplaces and birthdates on the internet (for example 1971 in Lake Forest). Can anyone of you find a reliable source for his true birthplace and date of birth? Thanks in advance!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.16.38.196 (talk) 21:21, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: He grew up in Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago, but was born in Boston, a fact available from multiple reliable sources that aren't likely to be copying from this article: the speakers' agency that represents him, the National Book Foundation, The Independent.--ShelfSkewed Talk 21:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
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