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The Laboratorium: Dave and Timothy The graphic design of McSweeney's is striking: the magazine is printed in Iceland (needing to be shipped across the Atlantic by slow freigher does little to help with the irregular publication schedule) and looks it: featuring clean and spare lines, with faintly archaic typefaces and small doodle-like line drawings by Eggers. McSweeneys.org replied with a brief note from the McSweeneys Catchpole ("M.C."), stating "We have never claimed to be Dave Eggers" in a brief note whose writing style was a dead-on impersonation of Eggers' style. And oh, yeah, somewhere in there while everyone was distracted by the.net-.org catfight, Gerry McSweeney (and his son Brandon, the family webmaster) converted the.com isotope to (roughly) the same look and with the same top-level content (albeit without the daily updates). www.laboratorium.net /archives/DaveandTimothy.html   (1595 words)

The McSweeney's Store McSweeney's has always been interested in the uncanny; publishing things which otherwise slip through the cracks because the cracks are usually manned by people who think the dollar is mightier than the pen. For instance, McSweeney's ran an article about taking the properties of spider silk and applying them to building materials, but not without first sending the genes through BELE goats (miniature goats) found in Madagascar. Of course, a lot of the books and journals McSweeney's publishes account for the items sold at the store, but they also served, at least for a time, as a pool of authors for the store's frequent readings. www.freewilliamsburg.com /august_2002/mcsweeneys.html   (921 words)

A Heartwarming Tale of Staggering Generosity - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the online home for the quirky zine McSweeney's (itself published by the author Dave Eggers), has been operating online on a shoestring (read: nonexistent) budget for over a year. Upon hearing the tale of the impending demise of McSweeneys.net, however, the McSweeney family offered their help: Beginning April 3, McSweeneys.net will officially become a joint venture between the zine and the "Massachusetts McSweeneys," with the family maintaining the Web site and its finances for the impoverished (and accounting-challenged) zine editors. Mother Wendy McSweeney (who, incidentally, has yet to subscribe to the print zine or read Eggers' recent memoir), is modest about the offer. dir.salon.com /tech/log/2000/03/28/mcsweeneys/email.html   (496 words)

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I'm Starting to Suspect That a Dungeons and Dragons Player Named "Elgdorf the Mage" Is ... McSweeney's is celebrating the release of The Children's Hospital by sending its author, Chris Adrian, on tour. McSweeney's Issue 17, our "looks like someone else's mail" issue, is as timely and incisive as ever, and we still really like it. For a very limited time, McSweeney's Issue 18—which includes a FREE copy of the debut issue of Wholphin—will be a startling 30 percent off. www.mcsweeneys.net   (5228 words)

McSweeney's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia McSweeney's is a publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers, author of You Shall Know Our Velocity and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Apart from a growing stable of books, McSweeney's is responsible for four regular publications: the semi-quarterly literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the daily-updated literature and humor site McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the monthly journal The Believer, and the new quarterly DVD magazine, Wholphin. McSweeney's has helped launch the careers of many young writers, but it has also published the works of well established authors such as Michael Chabon, Stephen King, and Joyce Carol Oates. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McSweeneys   (236 words)

The strange new issue of McSweeney's. - By Ruth Franklin - Slate Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeney's, the idiosyncratic literary journal run by Dave Eggers, has lately grown predictable in its unpredictability, but the new issue is a true departure. When Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (as the magazine was formally known) made its debut nearly five years ago, it consciously positioned itself in opposition to the mainstream glossies. The McSweeney's story may share certain things with the sub-genre Chabon identified as "the New Yorker short story"—it's contemporary, it's often quotidian, it's certainly plotless—but it substitutes nihilism for epiphany. slate.msn.com /id/2081102   (1821 words)

village voice > news > Swinging With McSweeney's by Cathy Hong McSweeney's, otherwise known as Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, is the brainchild of best-selling author Dave Eggers and the online offspring of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, a literary journal. Eggers's claim that McSweeney's needed financial help to stay online was dubious, especially since Eggers himself told the Voice last year that he personally updates the site and that "it takes a half hour a day." And on the Internet, the stamp of authenticity is yet harder to confirm. The McSweeney's Representative readily admitted the collaboration with the family was not done for the sake of money alone, despite their earlier pronouncements. www.villagevoice.com /issues/0017/hong.shtml   (974 words)

JS Online: McSweeney's Sells Books a Unique Way   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeneys was started by writer Dave Eggers, who says he allows Pollack and other authors to keep profits for themselves. McSweeney's Books is the latest publishing venture for the 30-year-old Eggers. He also decided to launch McSweeney's, a somewhat revised version of Might and a place to showcase writers. www.jsonline.com /enter/gen/ap/jan01/ap-wkd-mcsweeneys010401.asp   (946 words)

dave eggers says elizabeth klemm is real, autographs book, will hopefully send near mint copy of mcsweeneys number 1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) he 'had to' put some pieces of his own (under pseudonym) in the last mcsweeney's edition because the page count had to be in multiples of sixteen or something. there is theme music to mcsweeneys now, as performed by 'they might be giants.' it sounds all right. the guy with the ransom note is promised a mint copy of mcsweeneys number 1, per the contest. www.phaxda.com /eggers   (1318 words)

'+alt+' I think those people who respond to McSweeneys do so because it has energy, and not because they feel as though they are in on some inside joke. Regina points out that there are, in fact, a LOT of female McSweeneys readers, that there are a lot of McSws readers in their 30s, and that there are a lot of teenage McSws readers. There were a pair of college students on break who arrived at her house unexpectedly--if it's fair to say that any partygoers can be unexpected at an event that was presaged by an open invitation on a popular, nationally-known website. talk.transom.org /WebX?8@30.rZWiaLoEqoP.0@.ee7cbd7   (3968 words)

Chris Tarry - Electric Bass Player Only the best writers and all the Mcsweeneys issues and published authors you could ever hope for. Mcsweeneys Quarterly issue # 8 - What can I say.... Mcsweeneys is one of the best magazines publishing the work of lesser known writers around today! www.christarry.com /fun-book_review.htm   (673 words)

Capn Design Archives: Textbooks, McSweeneys Anyway, his book was just released in paperback and the New York Times did an article on it, here (note: you'll have to register for free with NYT to read it, if you haven't already). After Dave read the interview he wrote a long rebuttal/correction at mcsweeneys.net, which is the home of the literary journal, McSweeney's, who Eggers is the editor of. The reason this article is so good is because he posted the entire email communication between he and the journalist leading up to the article. www.capndesign.com /archives/2001/02/textbooks_mcsweeneys.php   (293 words)

Caterina.net: McSweeneys Issue 13 One of the things we were celebrating yesterday in the Fake-Butterfield household was the arrival of Issue 13 of McSweeney's. Stewart had the foresight to purchase a lifetime subscription to McSweeney's for $100 back in 1999 or whatever, but since we moved from his old address we have been unable to change the address in their system. This is a particularly good issue, being as it is filled cover-to-cover with comics by comic book all stars, including a big broadsheet by Chris Ware which is wrapped around the book like a cover. www.caterina.net /archive/000578.html   (141 words)

Amazon.ca: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13: Books: Chris; Editors Of Mcsweeneys Ware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Some of them, including Richard McGuire and Mark Newgarden, haven't published much since the heyday of RAW in the late 1980s and early '90s; others, like Lynda Barry and Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, are prolific creators at the top of their form. Ware designs in his inimitable, meticulous style what is McSweeney's most handsome volume yet and provides a sturdy editorial structure (including fascinating historical reference and essays as well as his own history of comics). What a beautiful object this "issue" of McSweeney's is. It is delightful to hold and look at. www.amazon.ca /McSweeneys-Quarterly-Concern-Issue-13/dp/1932416080   (1477 words)

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to My Sister's Psychotic Dogs. The McSweeney's Issues 1—3 Gift Set has been reprinted in very limited quantities, and will not last long. Today only, McSweeney's Issue 13, guest-edited by Chris Ware, is 50 percent off. From now until Halloween, our entire backlist of McSweeney's Quarterly journals is 25 percent off, so if you missed any in the past, or want to get a jump-start on your gift giving, now is the time to make your move. www.mcsweeneys.net /links/openletters   (3028 words)

Amazon.com: McSweeney's 8: Books: Paul Maliszewski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeney's 7 (McSweeney's Quarterly, Volume 7) by Dave Eggers McSweeney's At War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been so Scared (Quarterly Concern Issue 14) by Dave Eggers McSweeney's Issue 21 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) by Dave Eggers www.amazon.com /McSweeneys-8-Paul-Maliszewski/dp/0971904715   (575 words)

Amazon.com: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Books: Editors of McSweeney's,Chris ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeney's Issue 15 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) by Editors of McSweeney's Issue 13 of the McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is sure to blow you away. This 265-page issue is one of McSweeney's largest and quite unusual in that it embraces a variety of graphic aspects. www.amazon.com /McSweeneys-Quarterly-Concern-Issue-13/dp/1932416080   (1428 words)

Transom Shows: Neal Pollack Takes on America Pollack's book, "The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature," is the first published by McSweeneys Books, a segment of Dave Eggers literary venture that has brought us the fantastic literary journal Timothy McSweeneys Quarterly Concern literary journal. McSweeneys is spending no money to advertise the book relying instead on a small ad in the latest issue of McSweeneys and their website, McSweeneys Internet Tendency, to promote the book. Printed for speeds sake in Iceland where McSweeneys is regularly printed, Pollack's book is being sold in a gorgeous hardcover edition complete with a built-in ribbon bookmarker for a mere $16. www.transom.org /shows/2001/200103.shows.nealpollack.jmenjivar2.html   (1625 words)

The Austin Chronicle Books: Postscripts The fourth publication from McSweeney's Books is called The Pharmacist's Mate, and it's written by Amy Fusselman, who will be at BookPeople on Friday, June 1, at 7pm, to talk about it. McSweeney's Books is the book-publishing outfit of Dave Eggers' McSweeney's publications (www.mcsweeneys.net, www.mcsweeneys.com, www.mcsweeneys.org, and McSweeney's the print journal, the sixth issue of which was recently published). Last year, Fusselman entered a contest run by McSweeney's in which the person who could write the best book about electrical engineering on boats would have that book published by McSweeney's. www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:81920   (718 words)

Barbelith Underground > Conversation > McSweeneys and Pirate supply stores I don't know if you guys get McSweeney's in the UK, but I've been really puzzled by it's growing popularity. Recently, one of the writers for McSweeney's opened up a pirate supply store in San Fransisco as a "front" for the 826 Valencia writing lab Quote: If they were really hardcore they'd sell real cutlasses and parrots and only accept payments in dubloons and so forth.. www.barbelith.com /topic/7235   (485 words)

Anyone else submitting to McSweeneys and sites like it? - Absolute Write Water Cooler Some of my earlier submissions to McSweeneys were pretty bad, or not really the kind of stuff they publish, but I've had more success with the last half dozen or so. I've received several rejections from Yankee Pot Roast and McSweeney's, but was able to place third in the Robert Benchley Society Humor Competition with an essay incorporating part of a McSweeney's submission. The editor said he had too much of that stuff in the archives, because he's a sucker for those topics, but he wants to avoid them at least for the time being. absolutewrite.com /forums/showthread.php?p=867699#post867699   (1244 words)

Books tagged "mcsweeneys" | LibraryThing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 1 by Dave Eggers [ericspitznagel] McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 2 by Dave Eggers [ericspitznagel] McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 3 by Dave Eggers [ericspitznagel] www.librarything.com /tag.php?tag=mcsweeneys   (297 words)

Comments on 1208 | MetaFilter 8:57 AM Anyone who doubted that the mcsweeneys.com/mcsweeneys.net merger was a hoax might want to take a look at the new McSweeney's Internet Tendency home page. Executive summary: mcsweeneys.com was registered five months before mcsweeneys.net, and the administrative contact is, in fact, a certain Gerard McSweeney, resident of Stoneham, MA. I mean, I love McSweeney's, but it's just a sophomoric joke. www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/1208   (383 words)

RGJ.com - McSweeney’s authors head out on odd book tours NEW YORK — Author Neal Pollack almost was arrested in Philadelphia for giving a reading of his new book, “The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature,” in the bathroom of a train station. Still, Pollack, the latest author of McSweeney’s Literary Tendency -- a small publishing house that produces books and a quarterly journal -- considers his tour a modest success. Use of this site signifies agreement to our terms of service (updated 08/01/2001). www.rgj.com /news/stories/lifestyle/978905636.php   (973 words)

A the wreck revenge mcsweeneys after ahab shadow out time cor A the wreck revenge mcsweeneys after ahab shadow out time cor The ancient monks of chuang tzu would not enjoy the wetting of the pages unless they were continually turned. McSweeney, an old, possessed, staggering Irish work boat, and its www.postpoppulp.org /book/list/125.html   (112 words)

Creative Writing || George Mason University MFA fiction student Jess Anthony has been chosen as the first winner of the Amanda Davis Award, given by McSweeneys quarterly journal to honor the writer killed in a plane crash. The McSweeneys quarterly will publish one of Jess's stories in Issue 14, and an excerpt from her novel-in-progress already is posted on the McSweeneys web site (www.mcsweeneys.net). As the editors noted in their announcement, Jess "writes about metallurgy, bullfighting, Hungary, love, monkeys, and meat." The excerpt is from what Jess expects to be her thesis as she wraps up her MFA at Mason. creativewriting.gmu.edu /alumni/jess_anthony.html   (145 words)

McSweeneys Kennel - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) I couldn't do it all without the help and support of my daughter Katie, and my many breeder friends. At McSweeney's Kennel, we have been breeding, showing, and training Labrador Retrievers, as well as Golden Retrievers for over 15 years. The main goal in our breeding program is to improve the breed while maintaining the true Labrador or Golden Retriever temperament. www.mcsweeneyskennel.com   (132 words)

bookmunch - online book reviews First of all: let’s say all of the things that only a fool would overlook. And even the people who draw comic books — or rather, even the kinds of people who write the kinds of comic books liable to be collected by McSweeneys — despise superhero comics today for creating a world in which comic books are not taken seriously. I particularly like the way that some strips go from left to right, some strips you have to turn the book on its side, and some strips you have to follow where they lead. www.bookmunch.co.uk /view.php?id=1401   (776 words)

McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue - MCSWEENEYS - Compare Price at Consumermatch.com McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue - MCSWEENEYS - Compare Price Issue 14 features a return of the hard-hitting journalism that has made McSweeney's our nation's preeminent source of Whys and Wherefores: Joshuah Bearman leads a daring investigation into the enigmatic Great Gerbil (Rhombomys Opimus) of central Asia uncovering signs of an impending disaster that could totally mess up life as we know it. My bowels fail me regularly and others come and go on the continuous bench of our latrine while I huddle there on the cold stone. www.consumermatch.com /COMPARE-PRICE/UPC/1932416129/wid/3310   (230 words)

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