By Drew Grant 8/14/12 4:08pm

Celebrities and politics

Jesse Eisenberg, yurt-dweller (90days90reasons.com)

Jesse Eisenberg is Living in a Yurt in Mongolia, So Vote For Obama!

As we have previously noted, The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg is now a full-fledged member of McSweeney’s disciples, worshiping at the feet of Dave Eggers at 826Valencia. So it’s not that surprising to find the actor stumping for President Obama over at 90 Days, 90 Reasons, the McSweeney’s offshoot nonprofit which serves to “re-inspire the grassroots army that got Obama elected in the first place.”

So why does Mr. Eisenberg think you should vote? Because he’s currently living in a yurt in Mongolia, that’s why. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 10/03/11 7:19pm

grantland

McSweeney’s Publishes Grantland Quarterly, Blog-to-Print Journal

Today Grantland began selling Grantland Quarterly, a print anthology of the best reads from the sports and culture site so far. It is edited by Bill Simmons and Dan Fierman.

ESPN and Grantland have contracted McSweeney’s to handle the production and distribution (which, in retrospect, explains why Dave Eggers is a Grantland contributing editor). Read More

By W.M. Akers 5/20/10 8:52pm

What We’re Reading: Art Of McSweeney’s

The Gist: A coffee-table retrospective of twelve years of McSweeney’s, told issue-by-issue and book-by-book, and, focusing on the text-heavy, deliberately arcane design that marks everything Dave Eggers has ever touched.

Author: The editors of McSweeney’s
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Page Count: 256
Pages Read: 50ish? We were skipping around.

Does It Work? It’s clogged by tepid interviews with the people responsible, Read More