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I've always been interested in books and music, although coming from a working class background, I didn't call it art. I was brought up to believe that artists handled paint brushes. I’m a lyricist and co-write songs with my brother Paul: www.paulmclindenmusic.com —Andrew McLinden Who would you arm wrestle, if you ... Read More

The Doctor TJ Ecklburg Review is thrilled to have Brenda Mann Hammack as part of our workshop series’ team of instructors. Hammack teaches workshops on fairy tales. She encourages cross-genre writing and by the end of her workshops, participants will have created three original short stories, and gone through one ... Read More

"I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally." - Zelda Fitzgerald  On July 24, 1900, the woman would become known as the eccentric wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald was born. Zelda Sayre grew up in Montgomery, AL and was part of the affluent southern society ... Read More

Kathie Bergquist teaches young people how to write. Aside from learning craft and technique, Bergquist teaches youth the necessary--and perhaps most difficult--writing skill of believing in yourself as a writer. This summer, Bergquist is teaching a 7-week young writers program in Chicago in which the youth are paid for their involvement ... Read More

"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth." --Joseph Michael Straczynski Joseph Michael Straczynski, born July 17th, 1954, is known for screenwriting—most notably the scripts for Thor (2011) and World War Z (2013). On top of turning comic books and novels into screenplays, Straczynski is also ... Read More

“Heroism,” Or After Art History records in detailed fictionalized terms the speaker’s feelings in response to a recent discovery of the rest of the painting from which Gustave Courbet’s infamous “L’Origine du Monde” was cut. For going on 150 years, in the absence of the remainder of the painting, the ... Read More

Described as brilliantly gorgeous and a much-needed offering, Amber Dawn brings a poetic voice to her socially-aware writing. Traversing issues such as sex work and queer sexuality, feminism and class, as well as identity and literature, Dawn brings attention to pressing social concerns in an accessible and literary way. Here, Dawn discusses writing ... Read More

Alice McDermott born June 27, 1953 The Richard A. Macksey Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, Alice McDermott  is also the author of seven novels, the latest of which, Someone, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. In 1998, ... Read More

In 1990, Julia Seko and Brian Allen led a resurgence of interest in the book arts. In particular, they were interested in the mechanics, meanings and preservation of the Eaves pressroom. A Denver physician, Dr. John Evans, and his wife Thelma had a love and appreciation of Persian art and ... Read More

Start with a recap and end by announcing that I’ve possibly lost my mind—this might not be the best strategy for an essay regarding a work of fiction, but it will do for now. I wrote Zombie Lolita in August 2013 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and I edited the piece during ... Read More

Chicagoan Jac Jemc’s writing has been described as haunting and heartbreaking, intimate and extraordinary, and also familiar yet strange. She reveals her characters through quirks and inner flaws, and brings a humble sense of clarity to the page as she portrays human relationships. Jemc was recently named by The Guild ... Read More

Being one of the few who can call themselves lucky enough to be blessed with real-life synesthesia, I romantically like to think I was born with a different perception of the world. Chocolate tastes like a warm opaque river, electronic music sounds like playing hopscotch with the stars somewhere in ... Read More

I wrote the first draft of Blue and Black last spring. I had explored the use of color not only to describe emotion but also to explore the contrast of colors when discussing difficult subjects. I have written poems using green and yellow, blue and white and other combinations but ... Read More

Sandy Ebner's essay "Jesse Lee" is a powerful story about friendship and loss. Unfortunately, the main character in her essay passed away before the publication of her piece. We were interested in seeing how she considered her essay after this tragic event, and how an essay about the different ways one can lose a ... Read More

Released in March by Counterpoint Press, Molly Caro May’s Map of Enough is an eloquent memoir that details her journey of figuring out what home is, where it is, and how she fits within her own concept of it. May moved around a lot when she was growing up, and ... Read More

Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW and “the bible of the book business,” is a weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business. It is targeted at publishers, booksellers, librarians, literary agents, authors and the media. It offers feature articles and news on all ... Read More

Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions ... Read More

As I was pondering if I had a process and if I had the capacity to write about it, I happened to receive in the mail a postcard from the New York Public Library regarding a Summer 2014 activity with the actor Alan Cumming titled “I Am Not a Cheese; I ... Read More

Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW and “the bible of the book business,” is a weekly news magazine focused on the book publishing business. It is targeted at publishers, booksellers, librarians, literary agents, authors and the media. It offers feature articles and news on all aspects ... Read More

Why write a collection of literary essays centered on trees? In Angela Pelster’s debut collection of essays, Limber, she presents fascinating stories that are, in various ways, about trees. But more importantly, Limber is about how people from many different generations and time periods relate to one another through both ... Read More

Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions ... Read More

Many things are more effectively communicated in an artistic context than in real-time dialogue. This is often the case with content fueled by anger or wounding. Art creates a parameter, enabling a reader to experience or witness content within a protected framework. It’s much like going to a zoo & ... Read More

Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions ... Read More

With her recent win of the Minnesota Book Awards for YA literature, Carrie Mesrobian has greatly contributed to the themes and emotional content found within Young Adult literature. Here, Mesrobian discusses different conceptions of what YA literature is and can be, how to bring emotional truths to the genre, what ... Read More

Acclaimed interviewer and broadcast journalist Charlie Rose engages America's best thinkers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders, scientists and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and roundtable discussions ... Read More

Hannah Heimbuch is the assistant nonfiction editor at The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review. Here she shares how the journal has expanded her world of nonfiction reading and writing.    Question: How did you learn about or become involved with Eckleburg? Hannah Heimbuch: I met managing editor Chelsey Clammer at our ... Read More