{"id":5764,"date":"2011-01-24T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/magazine\/?p=5764"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:46:23","slug":"dave-eggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/magazine\/2011\/01\/24\/dave-eggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Eggers Comes to Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated author, editor, publisher, and philanthropist Dave Eggers (left) talks with Special Collections conservator Erin Hammeke while getting a tour of the Verne and Tanya Roberts Conservation Lab. Eggers is the author of numerous award-winning books, including <em>Zeitoun,<\/em> <em>What Is the What,<\/em> and <em>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.<\/em> He was on campus to deliver the Weaver Memorial Lecture on November 10. The lecture is hosted every other year by the Duke University Libraries in memory of William B. 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