They took my mother's stomach out six months ago. |
Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic. |
What can I do for you, my man? |
Who's got the Paris Review? ... It's under a new editor. |
[After this interview Eggers is off to a meeting in midtown Manhattan. Then come more appointments and the following day a long drive to Pittsfield, Mass., where he will work a fund-raiser for Word Street, a tutoring center inspired by 826 NYC. His black travel bag sits at my feet like a dog begging to go for a walk.] I'm trying to cut down on travel, ... But with things like this, I really don't want to say no. |