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Join Eckleburg, Gargoyle and Boudin at AWP 2026 for an evening of readings, food and drink at The Lord Baltimore on Friday, March 6, 2026 from 6 to 9. Readers TBA ... Read More

Eckleburg and Emerald Coast Storytellers present Jessica Lanay, Michael Martone, Richard Peabody and artist Rania Moudaress at Distillery 98 in Santa Rosa, Florida on August 21, 2025 for a literary evening celebrating "the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.... “Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg ... Read More

A big thank you to Sara Lippmann and Danielle Harms for making Eckleburg's 15th Anniversary celebration at AWP 2025 in Los Angeles a very special success. Also a big shout out to 7.13 Books, Rare Bird Books, Leland Cheuk and Tyson Cornell for their talented readers. Truly enjoyed. Last but ... Read More

DJ Mylia at Attack of the Book People III AWP 2025, LA Eckleburg 7.13 Books Rare Bird Books Hotel Per La Mezzanine West 649 S. Olive Street Los Angeles, CA 90014 Featuring Marilee Albert Rae Cline Rosa Kwon Easton Danielle Harms Chip Jacobs Sara Lippmann Sameer Pandya Jim Ruland Hugh ... Read More

Join 7.13 Books, Rare Bird Books and Eckleburg for Attack of the Book People III at AWP 2025 in LA on Friday, March 28th, 6 to 10 pm. Food, drinks, DJ and a fantastic lineup of readers including Marilee Albert, Rae Cline, Rosa Kwon Easton, Danielle Harms, Sara Lippman, Chip Jacobs, Sameer Pandya, Jim Ruland and Hugh Sheehy. Find copies of Eckleburg No. 22 at the ... Read More

Join 7.13 Books, Rare Bird Books and Eckleburg for Attack of the Book People III at AWP 2025 in LA on Friday, March 28th, 6 to 10 pm. Food, drinks, DJ and a fantastic lineup of readers including Marilee Albert, Rae Cline, Rosa Kwon Easton, Danielle Harms, Sara Lippman, Chip Jacobs, Sameer ... Read More

I want to call Luke Temple a disciple of Hank Williams and Roger Miller. I want to call him an avant-garde traditionalist. I want to say he’s got an unmatched intuition for the askew. I want to say his only real contemporary peer is another master songsmith named Cass McCombs ... Read More

I want to call Luke Temple a disciple of Hank Williams and Roger Miller. I want to call him an avant-garde traditionalist. I want to say he’s got an unmatched intuition for the askew. I want to say his only real contemporary peer is another master songsmith named Cass McCombs ... Read More

Quinn is an Athabaskan and Inupiaq songwriter who was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Quinn addresses his childhood and his role as a transgender individual navigating Alaska's social landscape through his music ... Read More

Early one morning in May of 2016, Jesse Marchant came to on a street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, entangled with himself and his bicycle, after a crash on his way to work. He had been attacked by an irate school bus driver who knocked him speeding off his bicycle into a parked ... Read More

 Being a good lit citizen means supporting lit pubs. Donate. Buy. I’m going to show some #AWP17 mags that you need to support…. @NoTokensJournal, @EckleburgReview, @open_letter. —Meakin Armstrong (Guernica) We are so sorry to announce that Eckleburg will not be attending AWP this year. We simply don't have the budget ... Read More

About Realizing River City by Melissa Grunow Tumbleweed Books Purchase "A deeply rich meditation on what it means to be a woman in a sometimes uncertain and complicated world, in relationship to men, but ultimately, and more importantly, to oneself. Melissa Grunow's REALIZING RIVER CITY raises just as many questions as ... Read More

About Puzzle Pieces by Bernard Grant Paper Nautilus Press Purchase PRAISE Like the identities he addresses in each of his essays, Bernard Grant’s Puzzle Pieces is full of shifts and movement. Whether he’s looking at gender, race, class, or ability, Grant uses language in an honest and fierce way to engage ... Read More

About Bomb by Ashley Inguanta Ampersand Books Purchase "You will feel chills throughout your entire body. Read this book." -- Francesca Lia Block "Ashley Inguanta's Bomb explodes across the page, rendering to rubble what we think we understand about love, loss, and the self. Calling out to the ghost of Amelia ... Read More

About An Instrument for Leaving by Monika Zobel Sippe Editions Purchase "Just as the Bertolt Brecht the book invokes, Monika Zobel's AN INSTRUMENT FOR LEAVING sings to us of the dark and abundant pain of living, the very sadness of being, the wonder of the colorful objects of life, and everything ... Read More

About The Bear Who Ate the Stars by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Split Lip Press Purchase "There's a wonderful range to Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach's poems, rendered all the more remarkable by their consistent depth and polish. These poems feel meticulously crafted, despite a certain primal, sometimes sensual quality often falsely seen as ... Read More

About An Animal I Can't Name by Raegen Pietrucha Two of Cups Press Purchase Book “Raegen Pietrucha’s devastatingly moving chapbook, An Animal I Can’t Name, is a collection of well-crafted and language-rich poems. ... Pietrucha’s work is graphic and gorgeous without falling over the cliff of sentimentality.” —Lori Desrosiers, publisher ... Read More

About Apocalypse All the Time by David Atkinson Literary Wanderlust Purchase [Apocalypse All the Time] combines absurdism, science fiction, and sly commentary on our current neuroses induced by the twenty-four news cycle, to create something reminiscent of Orwell, Kafka, and Swift, while being entirely its own animal. - Joseph Hirsch, ... Read More

About The Missing Girl by Jacqueline Doyle Black Lawrence Press Purchase Book “In these dark and edgy stories, Jacqueline Doyle has made a dispassionate study of the degradation of girls and the twisted hearts of those who harm them. Most chilling is the ease with which these characters fall prey to ... Read More

About The Hummingbirds by Ross McMeekin Skyhorse Purchase “With sly wit and piercing intelligence, Ross McMeekin’s novel traverses the classic terrain of California noir and manages, almost miraculously, to render it anew. Echoes of Cain, echoes of West, and yet even as the lush, light-struck world of swimming pools and starlets ... Read More

About Millard Salter's Last Day by Jacob M. Appel Simon and Schuster Purchase In an effort to delay the frailty and isolation that comes with old age, psychiatrist Millard Salter decides to kill himself by the end of the day—but first he has to tie up some loose ends. These ... Read More

About Post-High School Reality Quest by Meg Eden California Coldblood / Rare Bird Books Purchase "Entertaining yet thoughtful look at figuring out who you are. The format and concept behind this book is refreshingly unique. It’s told as a command-based video game, but the story is a contemporary coming of age ... Read More

2/9/17 9:00:00 AM Jacob Appel 2/9/17 10:00:00 AM Bradley Babendir 2/9/17 10:00:00 AM David Atkinson 2/9/17 11:00:00 AM Laurie Foos 2/9/17 11:00:00 AM Philip Dean Walker 2/9/17 1:00:00 PM Sandi Sonnenfeld 2/9/17 2:00:00 PM Sheila McMullin 2/9/17 3:00:00 PM Melissa Grunow 2/9/17 3:00:00 PM Shanee Stepakoff 2/9/17 4:00:00 PM Julia ... Read More

Frederick News Post: Open mic nights often take place in coffee shops or book stores amid patrons chatting over coffee or browsing through books. But what would it be like to read flash fiction or play a song in an intimate setting designated exclusively to literature readings and music performances? ... Read More

Join Eckleburg & Cherry Tree for words and drinks at Busboys & Poets on February 9th, 2017 from 9-11 pm for an AWP 2017 celebration. What others are saying about Eckleburg…   The most exciting and adventurous and gutsiest new magazine I’ve seen in years.” Stephen Dixon   Refreshing… edgy… classic… compelling.” Flavorwire ... Read More

I'm having a party to celebrate the launch of my novella, How to Travel With Your Demons (an Eckleburg Book Club selection!), published by Spuyten Duyvil Press-- and I've invited some of my favorite writers to join me: Laurie Stone, Stephanie E. Dickinson, Deborah Oster Pannell and Christen Clifford. Books, ... Read More

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Get the full and FREE AWP Survival Guide| How to Have Fun without Making a Complete Idiot of Yourself √   Water Hydration is very important, especially if you are attending off-site events where drinking and merriment is plentiful. Make sure to take care of yourself and replenish throughout the evening. Your ... Read More

JULY 26TH, 11AM THE NEW YORK CITY POETRY FESTIVAL GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NYC     The Rue De Fleurus Salon & Reading Series will present readings by:   Sarah Bridgins is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Sink Review, InDigest, Monkeybicycle, Two Serious Ladies, Thrush, and Bone Bouquet among other ... Read More

On Tuesday night, fans, staff, and writers for The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review gathered at the KGB Bar in New York City for a night of literature and camaraderie. Posters of socialist propaganda, some written in Cyrillic, hung on the walls of the one-room bar where we mingled on the ... Read More

ALSO FIND US AT... AWP Book Expo Exchange (NY) Conversations & Connections (DC) Mission Creek Festival (Iowa) Litquake (LA) The Poetry Festival (NY) Derangement of the Senses (NY) Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival (NY) The Johns Hopkins University (NY, Balt) ... Read More

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Almost exactly one year ago, I was on my way to an interview with the Minneapolis Arts Council for a position on the board. It was a nonpaying position, but the possibility of being able to influence the direction and support of the arts community in my city, no matter ... Read More