Join author Dave Eggers for a discussion of his writing career, his archive, and his latest novel, Contrapposto.

Join author, artist, and editor Dave Eggers for a conversation on the many facets of his career, his latest novel Contrapposto (2026), and the placement of his archive at the Harry Ransom Center. Book sales and a reception will follow the program.

Dave Eggers is the author of many books, among them Contrapposto, The Eyes and the Impossible, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, and What Is the What. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired over 70 similar organizations worldwide. Eggers is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the 2024 John Newbery Medalist, for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature for The Eyes and the Impossible. Eggers is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The program will be at Jessen Auditorium (200 W. 21st Street, Austin, TX 78712) with the post-program reception, book sales, and book signing held at the Harry Ransom Center (300 W 21st Street, Austin, TX 78712).

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