Intern Debbie McCulliss describes how she became with The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review and her interest in writing. Q) How did you learn about Eckleburg? Debbie McCulliss: I took a class with Rae Bryant (Editor-in-Chief of Eckleburg) my second semester in the MA in Writing Program at the Johns Hopkins University. I wanted to …
Bird Marathe was last year’s third-place recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction. Submissions to this year’s contest are due midnight, New Years Eve. Submit here! Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself (Other than being a writer, what else?)Bird Marathe: Once I tried to clean a shadow off a wall. I listen to …
Miguel Laino’s art is on exhibit at the Eckleburg Gallery. Recently, he chatted with Eckleburg about achieving purity in his paintings. Eckleburg: Your characters seem to be part of an absurd scene or one of melancholy. Is this intentional? ML: My work is first and foremost figurative. Shape and composition is my primary concern, …
Eckleburg‘s Editorial Assistant, Peter Goodman, discuses his experience in the M.A. in Writing at Johns Hopkins University, what type of writing draws him in, and some of the pieces Eckleburg has published that his life would be incomplete without. Q: How did you learn about/become involved with Eckleburg? Peter Goodman: As I was nearing the end of …
Jill Birdsall was last year’s first-place recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction. Submissions to this year’s contest are due midnight, New Years Eve. Submit here! Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself. Jill Birdsall: I live in a house built from salvaged materials where unlike the narrator in my story I feel …
The Doctor TJ Eckleburg Review now offers a wide range of workshops! From How to Write a Killer Essay to Magic Realism workshops, not to mention the Intelligent Eroticism in Literary Fiction, Flash Creative Nonfiction and Flash Fiction workshops, we’ve got some amazing opportunities for you to workout those writing muscles and build up your …
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Q) How did you learn about/become involved with Eckleburg? Kyle Noe: I first found Eckleburg – and fell in love with its aesthetic through word of mouth when a friend recommended Whale Skull by Matt Ferner. It’s not often that a one-page story makes you stop and rethink everything for a good half hour afterwards. So I …
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