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The write stuff: from cult to culture, Dave Eggers and Co. are taking their idealism to the streets.

American Prospect, The,  February, 2003  by Adams, Lorraine

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THERE IS A LONG, SLOW LINE. THE QUEUE OF narrow-shouldered boys in thrift-store shirts and black-tighted girls with Emily Dickinson stares is blocking aisles in a Washington bookstore. The faithful look to be just out of college or just past 30. They thread through the door and onto the sidewalk.

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They are waiting for Dave Eggers to sign copies of his first novel. Eggers' charisma is not readily apparent. His hair is frizz, his eyes scrunched, his shirt untucked. He looks vitamin deficient. "I think," says bookstore clerk Keltie Hawkins, "his appeal has something to ...

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