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Tour titles don't get much better than "Revenge of the Book Eaters". Awesomely enough, a student at 826NYC, a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn dedicated to helping kids ages 6-18 develop their writing skills, came up with the name. And now the tour is being used to raise money for the 826 organization, so more kids will soon think up cool concepts and stories and novels. Everybody wins!

Especially you guys. The Revenge of the Book Eaters tour will stop in six cities across America, with a rotating lineup of musicians, comedians, and writers including Sufjan Stevens, Jon Stewart, David Byrne, Stephin Merritt, Dave Eggers (who founded 826), Mark Kozelek, Aimee Mann, Ben Gibbard, Mountain Goats, Patton Oswalt, Andy Richter, Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman, Ira Glass, David Handler, ZZ Packer, John Roderick of the Long Winters, and more.

The revolving cast of celebs will stop in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Ann Arbor to raise money for each city's respective 826 workshop.

The itinerary:

Wednesday, August 23
New York, NY
The Beacon Theater

Jon Stewart
Sufjan Stevens
David Byrne
Dave Eggers
Sarah Vowell
John Hodgman
John Roderick

Thursday, August 24
Chicago, IL
Park West

Ben Gibbard
Dave Eggers
ZZ Packer
John Roderick
Ira Glass

Saturday, August 26
Los Angeles, CA
Royce Hall

Aimee Mann
Dave Eggers
Mark Kozelek
Sarah Vowell
The Mountain Goats
John Roderick
Andy Richter

Monday, August 28
San Francisco, CA
Palace of Fine Arts

Aimee Mann
Jonathan Richman
Dave Eggers
Sarah Vowell
Patton Oswalt

Friday, September 1
Seattle, WA
McCaw Hall (part of Bumbershoot 2006)

Stephin Merritt
Daniel Handler
Dave Eggers
Sarah Vowell
John Hodgman
Johnathan Coulton

Thursday, September 7
Ann Arbor, MI
TBA

Dave Eggers
Davy Rothbart
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
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