Author Dave Eggers on AI, staying creative and the daily role of Sinéad O’Connor in his life
Author Dave Eggers discusses his creative process, his independent publishing company McSweeney's, and his new novel, Contrapposto. He reflects on how he balances various artistic pursuits and his interest in life drawing.
Why it matters
Eggers is a prominent literary figure whose work often influences contemporary discussions on creativity and the publishing industry.
D ave Eggers is not a man hemmed in by an undue adherence to convention. Over the phone from his book tour in England (current stop: London), Eggers explains how he keeps things creatively stimulating at McSweeney’s, the small independent publishing company he founded in San Francisco in the late 1990s.
“We hire life drawing models to pose at the offices for us, all of us art school refugees that work there, and they’re naked in our office while we draw,” Eggers says cheerfully. “Once a week we hire models and it’s always the most interesting people.”
I can’t see HR departments in Ireland embracing the idea any time soon. No matter. It makes perfect sense for Eggers, a novelist and non-fiction author who is also a painter, editor, curator, non-profit founder, children’s books author, and more.
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