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'''Eckhard [[Gerdes]]''' (born 1959) is an American novelist and editor. He earned his MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
'''Eckhard [[Gerdes]]''' (born 1959) is an American novelist and editor. He earned his MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
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He is the author of |
He is the author of nine published or soon-to-be published novels: |
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* ''Projections'' [1986, Depth Charge Press] |
* ''Projections'' [1986, Depth Charge Press] |
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* ''Nin and Nan'' (appeared in ''Bizarro Starter Kit (Blue)'' [2008, Bizarro Press] |
* ''Nin and Nan'' (appeared in ''Bizarro Starter Kit (Blue)'' [2008, Bizarro Press] |
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* ''My Landlady the Lobotomist'' [2008, Raw Dog Screaming Press] |
* ''My Landlady the Lobotomist'' [2008, Raw Dog Screaming Press] |
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* ''The Unwelcome Guest'' b/w ''Nin and Nan'' [2010, Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink] |
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His work reflects experimental technique, sometimes ignoring time, space, or cause-and-effect, in the service of stories of individuals struggling to transcend fear and limitation. His recent work has been associated with the Bizarro Fiction movement, of which he is one of the leading proponents. |
His work reflects experimental technique, sometimes ignoring time, space, or cause-and-effect, in the service of stories of individuals struggling to transcend fear and limitation. His recent work has been associated with the Bizarro Fiction movement, of which he is one of the leading proponents. |
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Eckhard Gerdes (born 1959) is an American novelist and editor. He earned his MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He is the author of nine published or soon-to-be published novels:
- Projections [1986, Depth Charge Press]
- Ring in a River [1989, Depth Charge Press]
- Truly Fine Citizen [1992, Highlander Press]
- Cistern Tawdry [2002, Fugue State Press]
- Przewalski's Horse [2006, Red Hen Press]
- The Million-Year Centipede, or, Liquid Structures [2007, Raw Dog Screaming Press]
- Nin and Nan (appeared in Bizarro Starter Kit (Blue) [2008, Bizarro Press]
- My Landlady the Lobotomist [2008, Raw Dog Screaming Press]
- The Unwelcome Guest b/w Nin and Nan [2010, Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink]
His work reflects experimental technique, sometimes ignoring time, space, or cause-and-effect, in the service of stories of individuals struggling to transcend fear and limitation. His recent work has been associated with the Bizarro Fiction movement, of which he is one of the leading proponents.
Reviews of his work have appeared in Rain Taxi, Notre Dame Review, and Dream People, Review of Contemporary Fiction and elsewhere. Here is a partial list:
Interviews Barnes, Jennifer. Featured Author—Eckhard Gerdes. Raw Dog Screaming Press Newsletter. October 2007. Wilson, D. Harlan. Interview: Eckhard Gerdes. Dream People 27 (Spring 2007). http://www.dreampeople.org.
Reviews of My Landlady the Lobotomist Gibbs, Michael. "My Landlady the Lobotomist by Eckhard Gerdes." Fiction Factor: The Online Magazine for Fiction Writers March 2009. http://www.fictionfactor.com/reviews/landlady.html.Green, D. W[ayne]. "My Landlady the Lobotomist by Eckhard Gerdes." Crossing Chaos: Enigmatic Ink 13 October 2008. http://crossingchaos.com/blog/2008/10/13/my-landlady-the-lobotomist-by-eckhard-gerdes/ J, Joris. "My Landlady the Lobotomist: Ein Rektor und sein Einweckglas." Nonpop April 2009. http://www.nonpop.de/nonpop/index.php?mkey=My-Landlady-the-Lobotomist&type=preview&area=1&p=articles&id= 1717&koobi=5299962e7f835164173962b886fc009d.
Prunty, Andersen. "Sinister Landladies and Giant Rampaging Beasts." Amazon.com 15 July 2008. http://www.amazon.com/My-Landlady-Lobotomist-Eckhard- Gerdes/dp/1933293608. Reprinted in ReggaetonHit.Com, White-On.Com, TwistingPixels.com, et al.
Stratman, Connor. "Postmodern Werther: Eckhard Gerdes' My Landlady the Lobotomist." Midwest Book Review, August 2008. http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/aug_08.htm. Tomell, Renee. "Geneva Author Reimagines Literary Forms." St. Charles Republican. 4 September 2008: 21. Also online http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/geneva/entertainment/x256658668.
Sweeney, Kevin. "A Book with Brains (& Heart)." Amazon.co.uk 2 September 2008. http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Landlady-Lobotomist-Eckhard-Gerdes/dp/1933293535. Reprinted in Bizarrocentral.com 24 January 2009. http://www.bizarrocentral.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1877.
Review of "Nin and Nan" *Vanderhooft, JoSelle. "The Bizarro Starter Kit (Blue Edition)." The Pedestal Magazine 46(June 2008). http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/gallery.php?item=2329.
Review of Scuff Mud Simons, Ian. "Eckhard Gerdes + Shelf Life, Scuff Mud." Omaha City Weekly, 29 August 2007. Also online http://omahacityweekly.com/article.php?id=3867.
Review of Million-Year Centipede Darling, Kristina Marie. "The Million-Year Centipede." Midwest Book Review, July 2007. http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/jul_07.htm. Lain, Gary. "Long Live Rock." American Book Review, November/December 2007: 27-28.
Review of Przewalski's Horse Briggs, Matt. "Przewalski's Horse by Eckhard Gerdes." Seed Cake. 15 Jan. 2008. http://www.seedcake.com/mattbriggs/archives/000610.html. Republished in March 2008 at http://mattbriggs.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/przewalkis-horse-by-eckhard-gerdes/.
Reviews of Cistern Tawdry Asher, Matt. "English faculty member publishes experimental fiction: Author hopes for mainstream acceptance." The Torch, 7 November 1994: 6. Graham, Lorraine. "Eckhard Gerdes. Cistern Tawdry." Review of Contemporary Fiction 23.1 (Spring 2003): 154-155. Olsen, Lance. "Cistern Tawdry." Recent Favorites. Cafezeitgeist. www.cafezeitgeist.com/favoritebooks.html. 2003. Expanded and entitled "Possibility Space" for American Book Review November/December 2003: 17, 19. *Olsen, Lance. "Narratological Amphibiousness, or: Invitation to the Covert History of Possibility." Electronic Book Review. http://www.electronicbookreview.com. 26 June 2003. Tomasula, Steve. "Cistern Tawdry. Eckhard Gerdes." Rain Taxi 8.1 (Spring 2003): 24. Reprinted in part in Notre Dame Review 16 (Summer 2003): 207.
Reviews of Ring in a River *Carey, Jean. "Summer means relaxing reading." Macon Telegraph 7 July 2001: On- line edition (www.macontelegraph.com). Pommey, Bruno. "Ring in a River--Roman." Souterrains 5 (July 1994): 2. Robinson, Daphne. "Roosevelt alumnus publishes book." College News June 1994: 4. S[chofield], F[red]. "Eckhard Gerdes: Ring in a River." New Hope International Review, 17.5 (1994): 5.
Reviews of Truly Fine Citizen "Best Bets." Anchorage Daily News 24 August 1989: H2. Brooks, James. "Truly Fine Citizen." New City (Lit supplement), 8-21 June 1989: 4, 14. Chandonnet, Ann. "Experimental novel rejects typical prose." Anchorage Times 9 July 1989: J-8. G[oldberg], C[ari]. "Eckhard Gerdes, Truly Fine Citizen." FactSheet Five 38 (September 1990): 124 Halkovic, Stephen A., III. "All the Book's a Stage." Strong Coffee February 1991: 7. Randall, Sabrina. "Writer reveals literary techniques used in book." The Northern Light 18 September 1989: 5,8. Thomas, Linda. "Experimental author to give reading." Bloomington (IN) Herald-Telephone 5 May 1989: D6. "Truly Fine Citizen by Eckhard Gerdes." Small Press Review of Books March/April 1990: 9.
Review of Projections "Projections." FactSheet Five 21 (April 1987).
Review of The Laugh that Laughs at the Laugh Adams, Mason. "A Play on Words: Federman’s Tribute." American Book Review March/April 2003: 10.
Review of The Literary Terrorism of Harold Jaffee Di Leo, Jeffrey R. "Narrative Terrorism." American Book Review November/December 2005: 12-13.
Eckhard Gerdes is the editor of The Journal of Experimental Fiction, issues of which are usually Festschrifts on a single writer (e.g. John Barth, Raymond Federman, Harold Jaffe). He has also written on modern and post-modern literature for Review of Contemporary Fiction, Hyde Park Review of Books, and other magazines.
Gerdes has twice been the recipient of the Richard Pike Bissell Creative Writing Award for excerpts from Przewalski's Horse. The Million-Year Centipede was selected as one of the top ten mainstream novels of 2007 in the annual Preditors and Editors Readers Poll and has been nominated for the Wonderland Award for the Best Novel of the Year (see [www.bizarrocentral.com]). He has also been a finalist for both the Starcherone and the Blatt fiction prizes for his unpublished manuscript White Bungalows. For Cistern Tawdry Gerdes was nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Fiction Category. He lives in Chicago; he has three children.