Interview gem: how Dave Eggers stopped sneering

Today, I just thought I'd send you onward from the emptiness of here, to instead read THIS piece by Dave Eggers about being critical for criticism's own sake*. He wrote it in vexed reply to an emailed interview where he was provoked by the interviewer's oblique accusations of him "selling out" and not "keeping it real". Like being reminded of a club he didn't want to be part of anymore, Dave does a good cathartic job in renouncing his attitude from way back then.

http://students.ou.edu/M/Eric.C.Mai-1/DE.htm

It's a rant, sure, from a former critic and anti-mainstream hypist who would routinely accuse artists of selling out, sure... who is now (or was in the year 2000, bless him) a redeemed offender, sure.

Nothing wrong with changing your mind. Good on ya Dave. :)

* Found thanks to http://finkenstein.livejournal.com/164170.html

 The interview is from the Harvard Advocate and the fulltext is available here.