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Dave Eggers on What is the What
Dave Eggers collaborated with Valentino Achak Deng (a Lost Boy from Sudan) on the novelized autobiography What is the What. Since its original release, proceeds from book sales have funded projects for a school, library, and athletic field in Marial Bai, Deng’s hometown in Sudan.
Event: Dave Eggers will be speaking and signing books
Friday, November 30 at 7 pm
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway (at 12th Street)
What is the What is available for purchase at amazon.com
You can see photos of the building projects on the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation’s website
Read Dave Eggers’s report of his trip to Marial Bai
Hear Leonard’s October 2006 interview with Valentino Achak Deng and Dave Eggers
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Wonderful book! Thanks for the interview!
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