McSweeney's began in 1998 as a literary journal, edited by Dave Eggers, that published only works rejected by other magazines. Today, McSweeney's has grown to be one of the best-read and widely-circulated literary journals, committed to finding new voices - Gabe Hudson, Paul Collins, Neal Pollack, J.T. Leroy, John Hodgman, Amy Fusselman, Salvador Plascencia and Sean Wilsey are among those whose early work appeared in McSweeney's - and promoting the work of gifted but underappreciated writers, such as Lydia Davis and Stephen Dixon.