AWP 2015 | Minneapolis, Minnesota!
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
Rue de Fleurus Salon & Reading Series | New York in April
Rue de Fleurus began in 2013 by Eckleburg so we could hang out with the authors, artists and musicians we love. Come join us. You might fall in love, too. The Rue de Fleurus Salon began in 2012, New York City, at Brazenhead Bookstore, owned by the always hospitable, Michael Seidenberg ... Read More
Survived AWP? Score!
Now that our luggage has (finally) been unpacked, laundry (mostly) done with, our box (or rather, ah-hem, three boxes) of journals/magazines/books we had to FedEx ourselves from AWP (thank god there was a FedEx at the convention center, regardless of the hour+ wait in line) has been received and our ... Read More
The AWP Checklist | Know It, Own It
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
The Eckleburg Readings Series with Cris Mazza | Costume Optional
The Rue de Fleurus Salon and Reading Series with Cris Mazza and Zina Nedelcheva | COSTUME OPTIONAL | The Johns Hopkins University | Homewood Campus (Baltimore), Levering Hall | November 1st, 2013 | 6:30 PM | Free and open to the public | Please RSVP ... Read More
Rick Moody’s Story BOYS (and Girls) Enter the House…at the Rue de Fleurus Salon
Fantastic time had by all at last night's debut of The Rue de Fleurus Salon and Reading Series at The Foundry Gallery in Washington, DC. Thank you to all who came out! This debut salon featured a reading by Rick Moody. Among the stories he read was his popular piece ... Read More
Inaugural Rue de Fleurus with Rick Moody in DC | TOMORROW NIGHT!
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, a literary and arts journal housed at The Johns Hopkins University, M. A. in Writing Program, is pleased to announce our new Rue de Fleurus Salon and Reading Series. Our debut event will be on Thursday, June 27th, 2013 at The Foundry Gallery off ... Read More
Sunday Salon, NYC, Jimmy’s No. 43
{About} Sunday Salon is a prose reading series and online magazine. Based in New York City and founded by Nita Noveno in the summer of 2002, Sunday Salon swept through the Midwest to Chicago in 2006. In 2007 Sunday Salon launched an online zine to showcase the prose of its ... Read More
Join Eckleburg and Rae Bryant at the Three Rooms Press Have a NYC2 Launch | 5-3-13, 6PM, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
Join our own Rae Bryant as she joins Three Rooms Press and a host of talented writers for the official Have a NYC2 book launch at Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC this Friday, 6PM! ... Read More
4-21-2013 Reading PiP, The Vintage Theater, Scranton PA at 4:00 PM | Writing Workshop at 2:30 PM
Eckleburg's Editor in Chief, Rae Bryant, will be the featured reader for Prose in Pubs this Sunday in Scranton, PA. Prior to the reading, she will be leading a small group writing workshop as part of the series. Come out. Have a beer. Listen to some words. You might even ... Read More
What We Love | PEN/Faulkner Reading Series & Awards
PEN/Faulkner is a nonprofit literary organization that believes in deepening readers’ connection to writing through public events, in-school education, and public promotion of exceptional literary achievement ... Read More
The Johns Hopkins University, M. A. in Writing Spring Reading 2013 | Mark Farrington, Ed Perlman, Rae Bryant
Friday, March 15, 2013 6 PM Reception | 7 PM Reading Gilman Hall, Room 132, Homewood Campus The Johns Hopkins University, M. A. in Writing Program, Baltimore, Maryland ... Read More
AWP 2013 Boston
AWP 2013. Boston. Hmm. Monster conference set on sleep-deprived surreality hashed on kick ass party reading, Steve Almond, Derrick Brown, Amber Tamblyn, Sun Parade and hallucinatory academia anxiety and did you see so and so yet? And holy shit, supposed to be there and here, a stop by the Hobart ... Read More
ECKLEBURG and MISSION CREEK FESTIVAL PARTY at AWP 2013 Boston with STEVE ALMOND, AMBER TAMBLYN, DERRICK BROWN, RAE BRYANT, and Live Music by THE SUN PARADE
STEVE ALMOND is the author of My Life in Heavy Metal (Atlantic/Grove, 2002), The New York Times bestseller, Candyfreak (Algonquin Books, 2005), and God Bless America (Lookout Press, 2011). His short fiction and essays can be found in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, Tin House, Playboy, ... Read More
ECKLEBURG and MISSION CREEK FESTIVAL PARTY at AWP 2013 Boston with STEVE ALMOND, AMBER TAMBLYN, DERRICK BROWN, RAE BRYANT, and Live Music by THE SUN PARADE
[youtube width="600" height="365" video_id=YFmzz9eUHro] STEVE ALMOND is the author of My Life in Heavy Metal (Atlantic/Grove, 2002), The New York Times bestseller, Candyfreak (Algonquin Books, 2005), and God Bless America (Lookout Press, 2011). His short fiction and essays can be found in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Wall Street ... Read More
Stripped: A Collection of Anonymous Flash Fiction Gets Dressed!
Stripped: A Collection of Anonymous Flash PS Books | Philadelphia Stories, 2012 (Author unveiling, 2013) Editor: Nicole Monaghan If you've not heard about this really cool project Nicole Scarpato Monaghan put together, titled Stripped, A Collection of Anonymous Flash Fiction, you should really check it out. For a year, Nicole ... Read More
PEN American Center
For the last 90 years, PEN American Center has been working to ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to make it possible for everyone to access the views, ideas, and literatures of others. Together with ... Read More
Do not miss MISSION CREEK 2013 | Literature, Music, Late Night Dancing Moves
Mission Creek Festival is the salve for the weary AWP attendee. Nestled in the all welcoming, artsy central, and party your ass off Iowa City, Mission Creek, run by Andre Perry and Joseph Tiefenthaler, will put your faith back in the indies--lit and music alike. DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT! ... Read More
Politics and Prose Review Pick of the Week | Rae Bryant’s Review of George Saunders’ TENTH OF DECEMBER
Chosen as an exemplary work in critical review by The Washington Independent Review of Books and Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C., our editor in chief, Rae Bryant and her review of George Saunders' recently released collection, Tenth of December (Random House), will be promoted at Politics & Prose ... Read More
The Washington Post Going Out Guide | Literary Washington: Where to get your fix when the book festival ends
Good article at The Washington Post on where to go and what to do in the D.C. literary scene. Nice mention of Eckleburg, though, the preeminent placement of Politics & Prose as THE bookstore is concerning, as P&P is far more interested in national commercial publishing than the local D.C ... Read More
Redivider 10.1 | Available Now
Redivider 10.1 Issue 10.1, Winter 2013 is now available Poetry by Jennifer Perrine, Kim Addonizio, Ben McClendon, Meghan Privitello, Nick Sturm, Wendy Xu, Christopher Watkins, Joshua Helms, Dan Boehl, Rob MacDonald, Jeff Alessandrelli, Monika Zobel, Brandon Downing, Drew Swenhaugen Fiction by Jackie Corley, Diane Cook, Glenn Shaheen, Rae Bryant, Sequoia ... Read More
The Nervous Breakdown | To Naomi Wolf and Other Strange Women Who Speak for and/or about My Vagina as If It Were a Political Party
I know you have one. I do. I can feel the connectivity like string theory stretched across universes. And I appreciate your efforts to further my vagina’s creative mind-body pathways and how you’ve helped usher many vaginas to the top floors of corporate America. I get it. I do ... Read More
Wag’s Revue | Available Now
FROM THE EDITORS Addressing our overwhelming maleness. INTERVIEWS John Jeremiah Sullivan An extended interview between Robert Moor and one of our greatest living essayists in which they discuss interviewing, David Foster Wallace, writing for the Times and more. Simon Rich SNL's youngest writer discusses God, comedy ... Read More
Washington D.C., Eckleburg, Gargoyle, Barrelhouse and Johns Hopkins Nod in Ploughshares
Lovely mention of DC as a literary community including Eckleburg, Johns Hopkins, Gargoyle, Barrelhouse, and many more at Ploughshares. Ploughshares is out of Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, host city of AWP 2013. Eckleburg and The Johns Hopkins, M.A. in Writing Program look forward to reading, writing, attending workshop after workshop ... Read More
Sunday Salon | 10 Years in NYC
NYC | June 24, 2012: 10 Years in NYC! In June 2002, Sunday Salon kicked off its first reading in a bar on the Upper West Side. Ten years and two bars later, the series has welcomed over 370 marvelous writers and many talented musical guests. We’ll celebrate the series’ ... Read More
The Nervous Breakdown | Adrien Brody, Adrien Brody, and Adrien Brody’s Nose: Critical Essay on Pop Culture, Technology and Lacanian Conceit in Literature
Before attempting to delve into the annals of critical theory, first I must comment on the title, “Adrien Brody,” because I adore Adrien Brody, the actor. I find him and his nose intriguing. I like the shadow-facets of his characters, and how he can bring a full body of ... Read More