This past fall break I had the opportunity to see Dave Eggers in conversation with Tobias Wolff.  It became the highlight of my first-ever trip to San Francisco (don’t get me wrong- walking the Golden Gate Bridge was great, but so is talking Old Testament prophets with one of your favorite authors).  The talk was at Sanford and it was all about Eggers’s 2013 novel, The Circle.  Money quote: why trust your children when you can track them?

Eggers has had one novel since The Circle.  I’ve mentioned and even linked to the first chapter of his most recent work, Your Prophets, Where Are They? and Your Fathers? Do They Live Forever?  It’s a good read (especially with a weird topical link to works like Interstellar and The Martian, but more on that some other time).  Anytime Eggers releases something new, it’s a chance to read something potentially great.

Which is exciting because Eggers just released a short story online through The New Yorker.  So whether you love short stories or just don’t have the time for a whole novel, here’s a chance for you to read a good Eggers story, “The Alaska of Giants and Gods.”  You can read it here.  Head’s up: the language gets a little rough in a few places.  If you read it, let me know what you think!