Eggers is the youngest ever Heinz Award winner, and he’s giving all $250,000 of it to the 826 nonprofits. Read all about it in the Los Angeles Times; I reported on the festivities.
At the ceremony Monday night, Eggers had a nervous energy that was disarming and boyish. “Oh, man, I hate going first,” he said as he took the stage, breaking awards ceremony protocol. “I’ve never been so nervous.” Wringing his hands behind the podium, he went on to thank his teachers. “Like it or not, I’m going to name as many as I can,” he warned, and to warm laughter, he did.
Meanwhile, LAist catches up with Mark Danielewski; fittingly, the interview includes colored fonts.
And more thanks to Callie (who did that LAist interview) for pointing out another reason to love Millard Kaufman (besides Mr. Magoo), from this LA Weekly interview.
In other news of seriously senior authors, Alain Robbe-Grillet has just published a new novel.
How bad are the Santa Anas driving the California fires? Veronique de Turenne, blogging about life in fire-threatened Malibu, has posted photos of trees shattered by the winds.
Pittsburgh nonfiction dude Lee Gutkind goes to KBG to read from his new anthology (via). Why doesn’t he bring those luminaries here?
Carrie’s book club gets down to business for a visit with Katharine Min, author of Secondhand World.
Ooh, the audio for Laura Lippman on Leonard Lopate’s show is online. (via, who was Yahoo-famous earlier this month)
