
Eckleburg’s 15th Anniversary at AWP 2025 in Los Angeles
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

Mylia
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

Eckleburg at AWP 2025, Los Angeles
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

AWP 2025: Attack of the Book People III: 7.13 Books, Rare Bird Books & Eckleburg
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

AWP 2018: Eckleburg Will Not Be Attending
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

Join Melissa Grunow, Author of Realizing River City at AWP 2018!
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

Join Bernard Grant, Author of Puzzle Pieces at AWP 2018!
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

Join Ashley Inguanta, Author of Bomb at AWP 2018!
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

Join Monika Zobel, Author of An Instrument for Leaving at AWP 2018!
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

Join Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Author of The Bear Who Ate the Stars at AWP 2018!
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

Join Raegen Pietrucha, Author of An Animal I Can’t Name at AWP 2018!
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

Join David Atkinson, Author of Apocalypse All the Time at AWP 2018!
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

Join Jacqueline Doyle, Author of The Missing Girl at AWP 2018!
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

Join Ross McMeekin, Author of The Hummingbirds at AWP 2018!
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

Join Jacob M. Appel, Author of Millard Salter’s Last Day at AWP 2018!
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

Join Meg Eden, Author of Post-High School Reality Quest at AWP 2018!
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

Join Us for AWP 2017 Eckleburg Contributor Signings at Booth #389
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

Eckleburg & Cherry Tree AWP 2017 @Busboys & Poets, 2/9, 9-11
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

AWP Minneapolis | 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

Eckleburg Events
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

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

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

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

BLIP Magazine/Moon Milk Review/Potomac Review Off-Site AWP Reading at Johns Hopkins University
BLIP Magazine/Moon Milk Review/Potomac Review Off-Site AWP Reading at Johns Hopkins University ... Read More