I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
Dave EggersNonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books or nonfiction books is that you don't get to hear the person's voice; you don't get them as individuals. You get a few quotes and you hear them as sort of a case study: numbers, examples, anecdotes, maybe a paragraph here, and that's about it.
Dave EggersI still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.
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